Skirroceras

Skirroceras Temporal range: Jurassic (Bajocian), 171.6–167.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ [1]
Fossil of Skirroceras bayleanum from United Kingdom, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Ammonitida
Suborder:	Ammonitina
Superfamily:	Stephanocerataceae
Family:	Stephanoceratidae
Genus:	Skirroceras Mascke, 1907

Skirroceras is a Stephanoceratacean (ammonite) genus belonging to the family Stephanoceratidae. These fast-swimming carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, in the Bajocian age.[2]

Selected species

• Skirroceras bayleanum (Oppel, 1857) [3]
• Skirroceras macrum (von Quenstedt) [4]
• Skirroceras leptogyrale Buckman [5][6]

References

1. The Paleobiology Database
2. Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
3. Skirroceras bayleanum at Bajocien14
4. Discover Yale
5. Geological Survey Professional Paper, Vol. 1322-1984
6. Smithsonian Institution

External links

• Bajocien14