Peroniceras

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

Peroniceras Temporal range: Coniacian–Santonian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Peroniceras tricarinatum, from Březno u Loun, Czech Republic, at the National Museum (Prague)
Scientific classification
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]