Rhaeboceras
Rhaeboceras Temporal range: Cretaceous
| |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ammonitida |
Suborder: | †Ancyloceratina |
Family: | †Scaphitidae |
Subfamily: | †Scaphitinae |
Genus: | †Rhaeboceras Meek 1876 |
Species[1] | |
|
Rhaeboceras is an
ammonite belonging to the subfamily Scaphitinae. Species belonging to the genus lived during the Cretaceous and have been found in the Pierre Shale of North America.[1][2][3]
Taxonomy
The genus Ponteixites is currently deemed a
junior synonym of Rhaeboceras, with most specimens formerly assigned to Ponteixites appearing to be juveniles. The finding of a larger fossil specimen assigned to P. robustus similar to these juvenile remains provides evidence supporting this lumping.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Rhaeboceras Meek 1876 (ammonite)". Fossilworks. Macquarie University. 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ ISSN 1555-7332.
- S2CID 130705667.