Peroniceras

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

Peroniceras
Temporal range:
Peroniceras tricarinatum, from Březno u Loun, Czech Republic, at the National Museum (Prague)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Family: †Collignoniceratidae
Subfamily: †Peroniceratinae
Genus: †Peroniceras
de Grossouvre, 1894
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 17 December 2021.

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