Hildoceras

Hildoceras Temporal range: Toarcian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Hildoceras sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Family:	†Hildoceratidae
Subfamily:	†Hildoceratinae
Genus:	†Hildoceras Hyatt, 1876
Species
Hildoceras semipolitum Hildoceras bifrons

Hildoceras is a genus of ammonite form the upper Lower Jurassic in the family Hildoceratidae. The shells are characterized by a narrow discoidal evolute shape, keeled venter, concave ribs along the outer flanks, and a shallow spiral goove running along smooth inner flanks. Whorls slightly overlap, cross sections are compressed. The ventral keel is bordered on either side by a shallow groove.

Recreation of Hildoceras

The genus was named by Alpheus Hyatt after Saint Hilda in 1876, and fossils have been found in Europe and Japan.

References

• Arkell, W.J.; Kummel, B.; Wright, C.W. (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press. 
• Paleobiology Database Hildoceras entry