Prionoceras

This article is about the genus of extinct ammonites. For the genus of crane flies, see Prionocera.

Prionoceras Temporal range: Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Prionoceras divisum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Goniatitida
Family:	†Prionoceratidae
Subfamily:	†Prionoceratinae
Genus:	†Prionoceras Hyatt, 1883

Prionoceras is an extinct genus of ammonites.[1][2] It lived during the Devonian period. Prionoceras divisum is the type specimen from the Fichtel Mountains.[3] Specimens have been found in Algeria, China, Germany, Kazakhstan, Morocco, and Poland.[4][5]

References

1. Hyatt, Alpheus (1883-04-04). "Genera of fossil cephalopods". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 22: 253–338.
2. J. J. Sepkoski Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. Vol. 363. p. 502.
3. Münster, Georg zu (1832). Über die Planuliten und Goniatiten im UebergangsKalk des Fichtelgebirges.
4. Korn, Dieter; Bockwinkel, Jürgen; Ebbighausen, Volker (May 2014). "Middle Famennian (Late Devonian) ammonoids from the Anti-Atlas of Morocco". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 272 (2): 167–204. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0405. Prionoceras is the most important middle Famennian goniatite genus in the Anti-Atlas of Morocco and the Saoura Valley of Algeria.
5. "Prionoceras". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2020-06-29.

External links

• "Prionoceras". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2020-06-29.