Peroniceras

Peroniceras is an ammonite (an extinct group of marine mollusc) belonging to the Ammonitida family Collignoniceratidae.

Peroniceras
Temporal range: Coniacian–Santonian[1]
Peroniceras tricarinatum, from Březno u Loun, Czech Republic, at the National Museum (Prague)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ammonitida
Family:
Collignoniceratidae
Genus:
Peroniceras

Subgenera[2]
  • P. (Zuluiceras)
  • P. (Peroniceras)

Species of this genus were widespread throughout the world. They were fast-moving nektonic carnivore shelled ammonoids.

Distribution

Cretaceous of Antarctica, Cameroon, Canada (British Columbia), Denmark, France, India, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, United States (California), Venezuela ; Jurassic of Japan [2]

References
  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  2. "Paleobiology Database - Peroniceras". Retrieved 2014-05-28.

Further reading


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