Amoeboceras is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopod closely related to the genus Cardioceras. Fossils are found in Late Jurassic-aged marine strata of Europe and Russia.[2]
Amoeboceras Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ammonitida |
Family: | †Cardioceratidae |
Genus: | †Amoeboceras Hyatt in Eastman-Zittel, 1900[2] |
References
edit- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
- ^ a b "Paleobiology Database - Amoeboceras". Retrieved 2017-10-19.