• Source: Pleuroceras (ammonite)
  • Pleuroceras is a genus of ammonite from the lower Jurassic, upper Pliensbachian.


    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).


    References




    External links


    Encyclopedia of life

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