Pleuroceras (ammonite)

Pleuroceras is a genus of ammonite from the lower Jurassic, upper Pliensbachian.^[1]

Pleuroceras Temporal range: Pliensbachian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Pleuroceras quadratum from Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Family:	†Amaltheidae
Genus:	†Pleuroceras Hyatt, 1868

Species

• Pleuroceras hawskerense (Young & Bird, 1828)
• Pleuroceras solare (Phillips, 1829)
• Pleuroceras spinatum (Bruguière, 1789)
• Pleuroceras transiens Frentzen, 1937
• Pleuroceras apyrenum Buckman, 1911

Description

Life restoration

Pleuroceras has a planulate shell with a quadrate whorl section, bearing strong radial ribs ending in ventro-lateral tubercles. The venter is tabulate with a strong serrated keel.

Distribution

Species of this genus were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. Its fossils have been found in Canada and Europe (Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Spain and United Kingdom).^[2]