Gleboceras

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Gleboceras
Temporal range: Late Carb (Penn)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Family: Thalassoceratidae
Subfamily: Gleboceratinae
Genus: Gleboceras
Ruzhencev, 1950
Species
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Gleboceras is a globular

goniatitid from the upper Carboniferous of the Urals, named by Ruzhentsev, 1950, tentatively assigned to the Thalassoceratidae
, and placed in the subfamily Gleboceratinae. The ventral (outer marginal) lobe is moderately wide, with parallel sides. The lateral lobe is serrate.

References

  • GONIAT Genus Gleboceras
  • Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L, 1957. Geological Society of America.
  • Gleboceras in the Paleobiology Database.