Pleuroceras solare

Pleuroceras solare
Temporal range: Lower Jurassic,
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Family: †Amaltheidae
Genus: †Pleuroceras
Species:
†P. solare
Binomial name
†Pleuroceras solare
Phillips, 1829

Pleuroceras solare is a species of ammonite from the lower Jurassic, upper Pliensbachian period (189.6 ± 1.5 – 183.0 ± 1.5 Mya). Species of this genus were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. Shells can reach about 45 mm in diameter.

Subspecies

  • Pleuroceras solare solitarium Simpson, 1855
  • Pleuroceras solare trapezoidiformis Maubeuge, 1951

Distribution

Fossils of this species have been found in the Jurassic of Algeria, Austria, France, Germany and Spain.

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