Dasyceras

Dasyceras is an early phylloceratid from the Sinemurian stage of the lower Jurassic, found in Europe.

Dasyceras
Temporal range: Sinemurian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Phylloceraatida
Family:
Juraphyllitidae
Genus:
Dasyceras

Hyatt, 1900
Species[2]

None cataloged

The shell is evolute, compressed in section. Inner whorls are smooth, outer mature whorl develops coarse falcoid ribs that arise near the umbilical rim but to not pass over the rounded venter.

References
Notes
  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  2. "Paleobiology Database - Dasyceras". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
Bibliography
  • Arkell et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Society of America.


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