Pseudopeltoceras
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Fossil of Pseudopeltoceras chauvinianum from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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Genus: | Pseudopeltoceras Spath 1928
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Pseudopeltoceras is a genus of perisphinctoid ammonites belonging to the family Perisphinctidae.
These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Middle Jurassic, upper Callovian stage.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic of Argentina, France and Germany.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b The Paleobiology Database
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda