Unipeltoceras

Unipeltoceras Temporal range: M Jura (U Callov)
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Ammonitida
Superfamily:	Perisphinctaceae
Family:	Aspidoceratidae
Subfamily:	Peltoceratinae
Genus:	Unipeltoceras Jeannet, 1951

Unipeltoceras is an extinct ammonite genus included in the perisphictacian family, Aspidoceratidae, and a member of the subfamily Peltoceratinae, that lived during the Callovian stage, late in the Middle Jurassic.

Unipeltoceras is characterized by its strongly evolute, discoidal shell with sharp ribbing on the inner whorls and differing from Peltoceras, s.s. by having only an outer row of tubercles on the outer whorls.

References

• Arkell, et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (Ammonoidea). Geol Soc of America and Univ Kansas Press. p. L336