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Amoeboceras

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Amoeboceras
Temporal range: Oxfordian–Kimmeridgian[1]
Restoration of A. alternans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Cardioceratidae
Genus: Amoeboceras
Hyatt in Eastman-Zittel, 1900[2]

Amoeboceras is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopod closely related to the genus Cardioceras. Fossils are found in Late Jurassic-aged marine strata of Europe and Russia.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  2. ^ a b "Paleobiology Database - Amoeboceras". Retrieved 2017-10-19.