Biology:Emericiceras

Emericiceras Temporal range: Cretaceous, 136.4–112.6 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Emericiceras emericii from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Ammonitida
Superfamily:	Ancyloceratoidea
Family:	Crioceratitidae
Genus:	Emericiceras Sarka, 1954

Emericiceras is an ammonite genus from the Early Cretaceous belonging to the Ancyloceratoidea. Emericiceras are considered by some authors a junior synonyms of Crioceratites.

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Antarctica, France, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Slovakia, South Africa and Spain.

Emericiceras emerici aus de Clumanc, Basses Alpes, Frankreich, Cenomanium (Exemplar aus dem Naturkunde Museum Berlin)

References

• Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Ammonoidea,--Ancyloceratiaceae; Geological Society of America 1957, reprinted 1990.

Wikidata ☰ Q17264811 entry