Hildoceras

Hildoceras
Temporal range: Toarcian–Aalenian[1]
Hildoceras sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Hildoceratidae
Subfamily: Hildoceratinae
Genus: Hildoceras
Hyatt, 1876
Species

Hildoceras is a genus of ammonite form the Jurassic[1] in the family Hildoceratidae. The shells are characterized by a narrow discoidal evolute shape, keeled venter, concave ribs along the outer flanks, and a shallow spiral goove running along smooth inner flanks. Whorls slightly overlap, cross sections are compressed. The ventral keel is bordered on either side by a shallow groove.

Recreation of Hildoceras

The genus was named by Alpheus Hyatt after Saint Hilda in 1876, and fossils have been found in Europe and Japan.

Distribution

Jurassic of Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Serbia and Montenegro, Spain, the United Kingdom[2]

References

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