Biology:Haploceras

From HandWiki
Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Haploceras
Temporal range: Kimmeridgian–Tithonian[1]
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Haploceratidae
Genus: Haploceras
Zittel, 1870
Species

See text

Haploceras is a genus of late Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian and Tithonian) ammonoid cephalopods and the type for the Haploceratidae, similar to Lissoceras but with a broader whorl section and small blunt lappets and a blunt rostrum; some species with feeble ventral folds on body chamber.

Distribution

Jurassic deposites in North America, Africa, Europe and the mid east.[2]

References

  • Arkell et al., 1957 Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L. Geol Society of America and Univ Kansas Press R.C Moore (ed)

Wikidata ☰ Q5651657 entry