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Haploceras
Temporal range: Kimmeridgian–Tithonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Family: †Haploceratidae
Genus: †Haploceras
Zittel, 1870
Species

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Haploceras is a late Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian and Tithonian) ammonoid cephalopod and type for the Haploceratidae, similar to Lissoceras but with a broader whorl section and small blunt lappets and a blunt rostrum; some species with feeble ventral folds on body chamber. Haploceras has been found worldwide, in North America, Africa, Europe and the mid east.

References

Arkell et al., 1957 Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L. Geol Society of America and Univ Kansas Press R.C Moore (ed)
Paleodb Haploceratidae

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