Herrickiceras

Herrickiceras
Temporal range: Middle Turonian 93.5–89.3 Ma
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Herrickiceras costatus (Placenticeras costatum)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Family: †Coilopoceratidae
Genus: †Herrickiceras
Cobban & Hook, 1980
Species
  • See text
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Herrickiceras is an ammonite from the Upper Cretaceous which belongs to the Coilopoceratidae, a family within the superfamily Acanthoceratoidea. Herrickiceras has an established range in the Middle Turonian of the Upper Cretaceous. Its distribution is widespread, from western North America through Central Africa and the Middle East.

Species include:

  • H. costatum (type species)

References

  • Arkell, W.J.; Kummel, B.; Wright, C.W. (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
  • The Paleobiology Database - Herrickiceras entry accessed 2 December 2011


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