Biology:Algericeras

Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

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Algericeras is an extinct Ammonite genus belonging to the Acathoceratacea that lived during the Cenomanian stage at the beginning of the Late Cretaceous in what is now Mexico.

Algericeras is included in the acathoceratacean family Brancoceratidae and subfamily Mortonoceratinae. Species include Algericeras (Sakondryella) remolinense and Algericeras proratum

References

• Algericeras-Paleodb
• W. J. Kennedy and C. W. Wright. 1981. Euhystrichoceras and Algericeras, the Last Mortoniceratine ammonites. Palaeontology 24(2):417-435

Wikidata ☰ Q4724125 entry