Gassendiceras

Gassendiceras Temporal range: Early Cretaceous (Barremian), 130.0–125.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ [1]
Fossil shells of Gassendiceras alpinum from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Ammonitida
Family:	Hemihoplitidae
Subfamily:	Gassendiceratinae
Genus:	Gassendiceras Bert, Delanoy & Bersac, 2006

Gassendiceras is an extinct genus of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the family Hemihoplitidae. They lived in the Cretaceous period, Barremian age.[1]

Etymology

The genus name Gassendiceras honors the French philosopher and scientist Pierre Gassendi (1592 – 1655).

Species

[1]

• Gassendiceras quelquejeui Bert, Delanoy & Bersac, 2006
• Gassendiceras alpinum (d'Orbigny, 1850) (Synonym Crioceras alpinum)
• Gassendiceras enayi Bert, Delanoy & Bersac, 2006
• Gassendiceras coulletae Bert, Delanoy & Bersac, 2006
• Gassendiceras hammatoptychum (Uhlig, 1883)

Description

Shells of Gassendiceras species can reach a diameter of about 300 millimetres (12 in).[1]

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous rocks of southeastern France.[1]

References

1. Les Phylums d'ammonites représentés au Barrémien - Hemihoplitidae

• D. Bert, G. Delanoy & S. Bersac, « Descriptions de représentants nouveaux ou peu connus de la famille des Hemihoplitidae Spath, 1924 (Barrémien supérieur, Sud-Est de la France) : conséquences taxinomiques et phylétiques », Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Nice, vol. 21 (2006), p. 179-253
• Bert, Delanoy & Bersac Problems in the identity of "Crioceras" barremense Kilian, 1895 (Ancyloceratida, Late Barremian), and their proposed resolution