Pleuroceras (ammonite)

Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Pleuroceras is a genus of ammonite from the lower Jurassic, upper Pliensbachian.^[1]

Species

• Pleuroceras hawskerense (Young & Bird, 1828)
• Pleuroceras solare (Phillips, 1829)
• Pleuroceras spinatum (Bruguière, 1789)
• Pleuroceras transiens Frentzen, 1937
• Pleuroceras apyrenum Buckman, 1911

Description

Pleuroceras has a planulate shell with a quadrate whorl section, bearing strong radial ribs ending in ventro-lateral tubercles. The venter is tabulate with a strong serrated keel.

Distribution

Species of this genus were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. Its fossils have been found in Canada and Europe (Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Spain and United Kingdom).^[2]

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
2. "Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.

External links

• Encyclopedia of life