Araxoceras is an extinct genus of ceratitid ammonites that lived in the Late Permian marine environments of Iran,[1][2] South China[2][3] and Japan.[4] The various species had distinctive, angular-cornered shells.
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Araxoceras
Temporal range: Wuchiapingian |
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| Araxoceras latissimum |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Mollusca |
| Class: |
Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: |
†Ammonoidea |
| Order: |
†Ceratitida |
| Family: |
†Araxoceratidae |
| Subfamily: |
†Araxoceratinae |
| Genus: |
†Araxoceras
Ruzhencev, 1959 |
| Type species |
Araxoceras latissimum
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| Species |
- A. latissimum Ruzhencev, 1959
- A. latum Ruzhencev, 1962
- A. trochoides Abich, 1959
- A. rotoides Ruzhencev, 1962
- A. varicatum Ruzhencev, 1962
- A. glenisteri Ruzhencev, 1962
- A. tectum Ruzhencev, 1962
- A. kiangsiense Chao, 1965
- A. abarquense Zakharov et Mousavi Abnavi, 2010
- A. iranense Zakharov et Mousavi Abnavi, 2010
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