Skirroceras
Genus of molluscs (fossil)
Skirroceras Temporal range: Jurassic (Bajocian), 171.6–167.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Fossil of Skirroceras bayleanum from United Kingdom, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
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Genus: | Skirroceras Mascke, 1907 |
Skirroceras is a Stephanoceratacean (ammonite) genus belonging to the family Stephanoceratidae. These fast-swimming carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, in the Bajocian age.[2]
Selected species
- Skirroceras bayleanum (Oppel, 1857) [3]
- Skirroceras macrum (von Quenstedt) [4]
- Skirroceras leptogyrale Buckman [5][6]
References
External links
- Bajocien14
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