Eleniceras

Eleniceras is an extinct genus of cephalopods belonging to the Ammonoidea subclass.^[2]

Eleniceras Temporal range: Hauterivian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Hauterivian
Eleniceras stevrecensis sp. nov., Lower Hauterivian, Stevrek, (Coll. St. Breskovski) at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" Museum of Paleontology and Historical Geology
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Family:	†Neocomitidae
Genus:	†Eleniceras Breskovski, 1967
Species[1]
Eleniceras nikolovi Eleniceras stevrecensis Eleniceras tchechitevi Eleniceras transsylvanicum

Description

The genus was named after the Bulgarian town of Elena. The holotype is Eleniceras stevrecensis. There are several described species of Eleniceras, including E. nikolovi, E. stevrecensis, E. tchechitevi, E. transsylvanicum.^[3][4]

Distribution

This animal lived 140–129 million years ago during the Hauterivian in Europe and Tunisia.

See also

• List of ammonite genera