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Short description: Extinct species of ammonite

Liparoceras pseudostriatum
Temporal range: Pliensbachian[1]
Scientific classification
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Liparoceratidae
Genus: Liparoceras
Species:
L. pseudostriatum
Binomial name
Liparoceras pseudostriatum
Trueman, 1919

Liparoceras pseudostriatum is an extinct fossil ammonite species from the Pliensbachian period of the Jurassic. Liparoceras means 'fat head' and this is due to its broad shell. The venter is wide and finely ribbed with no keel and it has two rows of tubercules on each whorl.

Distribution

Jurassic deposits in France the United Kingdom [2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q23880742 entry