Androgynoceras

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Androgynoceras
Temporal range: Pliensbachian[1]
Fossil shells of Androgynoceras species from
Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée
in Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Liparoceratidae
Genus: Androgynoceras
Hyatt, 1867
Species[2]
  • A. alloeotypus
  • A. capricornum
  • A. geyeri
  • A. heterogenes
  • A. hybrida
  • A. lataecosta
  • A. mickletonense
  • A. naptonense
  • A. sparsicosta

Androgynoceras is an extinct

ammonite subclass. The Green Ammonite Beds of the Dorset Coast are named after Androgynoceras lataecosta which has chambers filled with green calcite.[3]

Distribution

Jurassic of Austria, France, Germany, Serbia and Montenegro, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom [2]

References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  2. ^ a b "Paleobiology Database - Androgynoceras". Retrieved 2014-05-29.
  3. ^ Davies, G. M. 1964. The Dorset Coast: A Geological Guide. Northampton: John Dickens and co. Ltd.

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