Biology:Gassendiceras

Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Gassendiceras Temporal range: Early Cretaceous (Barremian), 130.0–125.0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Fossil shells of Gassendiceras alpinum from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Ammonitida
Family:	Hemihoplitidae
Subfamily:	Gassendiceratinae
Genus:	Gassendiceras Bert, Delanoy & Bersac, 2006

Gassendiceras is an extinct genus of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the family Hemihoplitidae. They lived in the Cretaceous period, Barremian age.

Etymology

The genus name Gassendiceras honors the French philosopher and scientist Pierre Gassendi (1592 – 1655).

Species

• Gassendiceras quelquejeui Bert, Delanoy & Bersac, 2006
• Gassendiceras alpinum (d'Orbigny, 1850) (Synonym Crioceras alpinum)
• Gassendiceras enayi Bert, Delanoy & Bersac, 2006
• Gassendiceras coulletae Bert, Delanoy & Bersac, 2006
• Gassendiceras hammatoptychum (Uhlig, 1883)

Description

Shells of Gassendiceras species can reach a diameter of about 300 millimetres (12 in).

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous rocks of southeastern France.

References

• D. Bert, G. Delanoy & S. Bersac, « Descriptions de représentants nouveaux ou peu connus de la famille des Hemihoplitidae Spath, 1924 (Barrémien supérieur, Sud-Est de la France) : conséquences taxinomiques et phylétiques », Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Nice, vol. 21 (2006), p. 179-253
• Bert, Delanoy & Bersac Problems in the identity of "Crioceras" barremense Kilian, 1895 (Ancyloceratida, Late Barremian), and their proposed resolution

Wikidata ☰ Q3098863 entry