Pseudocrioceras duvalianum

Pseudocrioceras duvalianum
Temporal range: Barremian
Fossil of Pseudocrioceras duvalianum 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
Suborder: Ancyloceratina
Family: Ancyloceratidae
Genus: Pseudocrioceras
Species: P. duvalianum
Binomial name
Pseudocrioceras duvalianum
d’Orbigny, 1842[1]
Synonyms
  • Ancyloceras duvalianus (d’Orb.)
  • Crioceras cruasense Kilian

Pseudocrioceras duvalianum is an extinct species of ammonite cephalopod.

Description

Shellls of Pseudocrioceras duvalianum can reach a diamenter of about 17–23 centimetres (6.7–9.1 in). [2] These ammonites are tripartite with ancyloceratid-like coiling and quite closed spirals. The section of the horl is subrectangular. They show at first fine radial ribs with ventral tubercles, then groups of 2-3 ribs. [1][3]

Distribution

These ammonites have has been found in strata of the Barremian age of France. [1]

References


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