Skirroceras

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Skirroceras
Temporal range: Jurassic (Bajocian), 171.6–167.7 Ma
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Fossil of Skirroceras bayleanum from United Kingdom, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ammonitida
Suborder:
Ammonitina
Superfamily:
Stephanocerataceae
Family:
Stephanoceratidae
Genus:
Skirroceras

Mascke, 1907

Skirroceras is a Stephanoceratacean (ammonite) genus belonging to the family Stephanoceratidae.

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, in the Bajocian age. [2]

Selected species

References

  1. ^ The Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
  3. ^ Skirroceras bayleanum at Bajocien14
  4. ^ Discover Yale
  5. ^ Geological Survey Professional Paper, Vol. 1322-1984
  6. ^ Smitsonian Institution

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