Karamaiceras

Karamaiceras; Temporal range: Albian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Conservation status
	Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Ammonitida
Family:	Placenticeratidae
Genus:	Karamaiceras; Sokolov, 1967

Karamaiceras is an extinct cephalopod genus belonging to the Ammonoidea that lived during the Early Cretaceous. Its shell is involute, smooth and rather compressed, with the outer whorl strongly embracing the inner whorls. Sides are flattish to slightly convex and slope inwardly toward a narrowly rounded venter.

References

Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.

Karamaiceras-Sokolov in Russian.

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[Sepkoski_Ceph-1] Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.