Cadoceras
Cadoceras is an extinct ammonite genus belonging to the Cardioceratidae that lived during the Jurassic period from the late Bajocian to the early Callovian.[2]
| Cadoceras | |
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| C. elatmae fossil from Russia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Cardioceratidae |
| Genus: | †Cadoceras Fischer, 1882 |
Morphology
The typical Cadoceras shell is strongly ribbed, subglobular, with a broadly rounded venter, strongly embracing whorls, deep umbilicus, and a smile-like crescent-shaped aperture. Ribs arise from the umbilical shoulder and bifurcate (divide in two) about mid flank and cross the venter without interruption. Species vary in the nature of ribbing and roundness of the umbilical shoulder.[3][4]
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Jurassic sediments of Canada, Germany, Russia, and the UK.[1] [5]
References
- Cadoceras in Fossilworks.
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
- ammonites.fr Cadoceras entry
- jsdammonites.fr Cardioceratidae entry
- jncc.gov.uk 'The Middle Jurassic stratigraphy of the Cotswolds'
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