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Pseudopeltoceras
Temporal range: late Middle Jurassic (Callovian), 164.7–155.7 Ma [1]
Fossil of Pseudopeltoceras chauvinianum from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ammonitida
Superfamily:
Perisphinctoidea
Family:
Perisphinctidae
Genus:
Pseudopeltoceras

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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

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic of Argentina, France and Germany.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b The Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda


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