Pseudocrioceras
Genus of molluscs (fossil)
| Pseudocrioceras Temporal range: Barremian - Aptian | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Suborder: | †Ancyloceratina |
| Family: | †Ancyloceratidae |
| Genus: | †Pseudocrioceras Spath, 1924 |
Pseudocrioceras is an extinct genus of ammonites. The species Pseudocrioceras anthulai has been found in strata from the Barremian - Aptian age of Chipatá, Santander, Colombia and is known from Georgia and Dagestan.[1] The species Pseudocrioceras duvalianum and Pseudocrioceras fasciculare are found in the Barremian of France.[2]
This genus was an actively mobile carnivore with a nektonic lifestyle.[3]
Species
- Pseudocrioceras anthulai Eristavi 1955[3]
- Pseudocrioceras duvalianum (d'Orbigny, 1842)[2]
- Pseudocrioceras'fasciculare (d'Orbigny, 1840)[2]
References
- ^ New and less known Barremian-Albian ammonites from Colombia
- ^ a b c Pierre Ropolo, Roland Gonnet & Gabriel Conte The ‘Pseudocriocerasinterval’ and adjacent beds at La Bédoule (SE France): implications to highest Barremian/lowest Aptian biostratigraphy
- ^ a b Pseudocrioceras at Fossilworks.org
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