Pseudopeltoceras

Pseudopeltoceras Temporal range: late Middle Jurassic (Callovian), 164.7–155.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [1]
Fossil of Pseudopeltoceras chauvinianum from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Ammonitida
Superfamily:	Perisphinctoidea
Family:	Perisphinctidae
Genus:	Pseudopeltoceras Spath 1928

Pseudopeltoceras is a genus of perisphinctoid ammonites belonging to the family Perisphinctidae.

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Middle Jurassic, upper Callovian stage.[2]

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic of Argentina, France and Germany.[1]

References

1. The Paleobiology Database
2. Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda

External links

• Ammonites.fr