Fuciniceras

Fuciniceras
Temporal range:
Fuciniceras portisi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Family: †Hildoceratidae
Genus: †Fuciniceras
Haas, 1913 [2]

Fuciniceras is an extinct cephalopod genus included in the ammonoid family Hildoceratidae, (order Ammonitida), that lived during the Pliensbachian stage of the Early Jurassic.[2] The shell of Fuciniceras is generally small, evolute, and strongly ribbed.

References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  2. ^ a b "Paleobiology Database - Fuciniceras". Retrieved 2017-10-19.

Bibliography

  • Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (Ammonoidea). Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, 1957.
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