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Apleuroceras

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Apleuroceras
Temporal range: Ladinian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Aplococeratidae
Genus: Apleuroceras
Hyatt, 1900
Species

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Apleuroceras is a genus of ceratitid ammonites with an essentially smooth evolute shell with a subquadrade whorl section and a ceratitic suture with two lateral lobes (on either side). Apleuroceras belongs to the Aplococeratidae and has been found in middle Triassic formations of Ladinian age in Hungary and the Alps.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Galli, Claudio. "WMSDB -Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base - Full list and sample shapes for all Genus in Phylum MOLLUSCA v. 2.1".