Liparoceras pseudostriatum

Liparoceras pseudostriatum is an extinct fossil ammonite species from the Pliensbachian period of the Jurassic. Liparoceras means 'fat head' and this is due to its broad shell. The venter is wide and finely ribbed with no keel and it has two rows of tubercules on each whorl.

Liparoceras pseudostriatum
Temporal range: Pliensbachian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Liparoceratidae
Genus: Liparoceras
Species:
L. pseudostriatum
Binomial name
Liparoceras pseudostriatum
Trueman, 1919

Distribution

Jurassic deposits in France the United Kingdom [2]

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 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  2. Paleobiology Database - Liparoceras pseudostriatum. 2017-10-19.


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