Biology:Skirroceras

Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Skirroceras Temporal range: Jurassic (Bajocian), 171.6–167.7 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Fossil of Skirroceras bayleanum from United Kingdom, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Ammonitida
Suborder:	Ammonitina
Superfamily:	Stephanocerataceae
Family:	Stephanoceratidae
Genus:	Skirroceras Mascke, 1907

Skirroceras is a Stephanoceratacean (ammonite) genus belonging to the family Stephanoceratidae. These fast-swimming carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, in the Bajocian age.

Selected species

• Skirroceras bayleanum (Oppel, 1857)
• Skirroceras macrum (von Quenstedt)
• Skirroceras leptogyrale Buckman

External links

• Bajocien14

Wikidata ☰ Q12267467 entry