Protrachyceras

Protrachyceras is a genus of ceratitid ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the family Trachyceratidae.

Protrachyceras
Temporal range:
Fossil of Protrachyceras archelaus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ceratitida
Family: †Trachyceratidae
Subfamily: †Protrachyceratinae
Genus: †Protrachyceras
Mojsisovics 1893

Species
  • Protrachyceras costulatum Mansuy 1912
  • Protrachyceras deprati Mansuy 1912
  • Protrachyceras reitzi Boeckh 1875
  • Protrachyceras sikanianum McLearn 1930
  • Protrachyceras springeri Smith 1914
  • Protrachyceras storrsi Smith 1927 was rearranged to Sirenites storrsi (SMITH ) by Tozer 1968

Fossil record

Fossils of Protrachyceras are found in marine strata from the Triassic (age range: from 242.0 to 221.5 million years ago.). Fossils are known from many localities in Afghanistan, Canada, China, India, Italy, Japan, Romania, the Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand and United States.[1]

  • Protrachyceras psaeudoarchelonus
    Protrachyceras psaeudoarchelonus
  • Protrachyceras margaritosum
    Protrachyceras margaritosum
  • Protrachyceras rudolphi
    Protrachyceras rudolphi
  • Protrachyceras longobardicum
    Protrachyceras longobardicum

Bibliography
  • Arkell et al. Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. 1957
  • Bernhard Kummel 1952. A Classification of Triassic Ammonoids. Jour of Paleontology, Vol 26, No.5, pp 847–853

References
  1. The Paleobiology Database


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