Coilopoceras
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Coilopoceratidae |
| Genus: | †Coilopoceras Hyatt, 1903 |
| Type species | |
| C. colleti | |
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Coilopoceras is a compressed, involute, lenticular ammonitid from the Cretaceous (Albian to Turonian),[1] with a narrow venter and raggedy ammonitic suture; type of the Coilopoceratidae, a family in the Acanthoceratoidea of the suborder Ammonitina.
Distribution
Coilopoceras has an established range from the upper Albian to Turonian in the Late Cretaceous.[1] Its distribution is widespread, from western North America (Mexico, New Mexico, Texas) through northern Africa (Egypt, Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria and Tunisia) and Europe (France) to the Middle East (Israel), Madagascar and South America (Brazil, Peru and Colombia; La Frontera and San Rafael Formations).[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c Coilopoceras at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Patarroyo, 2016, p.41
Bibliography
Further reading
- 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.
- The Paleobiology Database - Coilopoceras entry accessed 2 December 2011
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- Cretaceous France
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- Cretaceous Mexico
- Cretaceous United States
- Ammonites of South America
- Cretaceous Brazil
- Cretaceous Colombia
- Cretaceous Peru
- Albian genus first appearances
- Turonian genus extinctions
- Fossil taxa described in 1903
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