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Peronoceras

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Subclass:  
Ammonoidea
    Order:  
Ceratitida
    Suborder:  
Ammonitina
    Superfamily:  
Eoderocerataceae
    Family:  
Dactylioceratidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Peronoceras HYATT, 1867
    Type Species:  
Am. fibulatus J.deC. Sowerby, 1823, SD BUCKMAN, 1911


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Fossil Image
Fig. 286,2. *P. fibulatum (Sow.), Eng., 2 a, b, X0.7 (65*)


Synonyms

Porpoceras


Geographic Distribution

Eu.-N.Afr.-Cauc.-Baluch.-Japan-NE.Sib.-Transbaikal-N.Alaska-Can.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Toarc.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Toarcian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
184.2
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Toarc.
    Ending International Stage:  
Toarcian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
50
    Ending Date:  
179.45


Description

Like Dactylioceras but with variable proportion of ribs looped in pairs to a ventrolateral tubercle or spine




References



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