Apleuroceras

Apleuroceras; Temporal range: Ladinian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ceratitida
Family:	†Aplococeratidae
Genus:	†Apleuroceras; Hyatt, 1900
Species
	See text

Apleuroceras is a genus of ceratitid ammonites with an essentially smooth evolute shell with a subquadrade whorl section and a ceratitic suture with two lateral lobes (on either side). Apleuroceras belongs to the Aplococeratidae and has been found in middle Triassic formations of Ladinian age in Hungary and the Alps.^[1]

References

^ Galli, Claudio. "WMSDB -Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base - Full list and sample shapes for all Genus in Phylum MOLLUSCA v. 2.1".

Arkell et al 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (L158). Geological Society of America and University Kansas Press.
Paleobiology database Apleuroceras entry accessed 9 December 2011

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[1] Galli, Claudio. "WMSDB -Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base - Full list and sample shapes for all Genus in Phylum MOLLUSCA v. 2.1".

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