Biology:Haploceras
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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Haploceratidae |
| Genus: | †Haploceras Zittel, 1870 |
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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
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
- ↑ "Paleobiology Database - Haploceras". http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=14963&is_real_user=1.
- 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
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