''Menuthiocrioceras'' is an
ammonite
Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs, commonly referred to as ammonites, are more closely related to living coleoids (i.e., octopuses, squid and cuttle ...
genus from the
Early Cretaceous
The Early Cretaceous (geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous ( chronostratigraphic name), is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous. It is usually considered to stretch from 145 Ma to 100.5 Ma.
Geology
Pr ...
belonging to the
Ancyloceratoidea
Ancyloceratoidea, formerly Ancylocerataceae, is a superfamily of typically uncoiled and loosely coiled heteromorph ammonoids established by Alpheus Hyatt in 1900, that may contain as many as 11 families, depending on the classification accepted ...
. Fossils belonging to this genus were found in Madagascar and Indonesia.
[Klein, J. ''et al.'', 2007 FOSSILIUM CATALOGUS I:ANIMALIA Pars 144, Lower Cretaceous Ammonites III Bochianitoidea, Protancyloceratoidea, Ancyloceratoidea, Ptychoceratoidea.]
Species
Species within the genus ''Menuthiocrioceras'' include:
[
*''M. ampakabense'' Collignon, 1962
*''M. aontzyense'' Collignon, 1962
*''M. besairiei'' Collignon, 1949
*''M. colcanapi'' Collignon, 1962
*''M. compressum'' Skwarko & Thieuloy, 1989
*''M. hourcqui'' Collignon, 1949
*''M. irianense'' Skwarko & Thieuloy, 1989
*''M. kuntzi'' Collignon, 1962
*''M. lenoblei'' Collignon, 1949
*''M. mahafalense'' Collignon, 1962
*''M. sarkari'' Collignon, 1962
*''M. sornayi'' Collignon, 1962
]
References
Ammonitida genera
Crioceratitidae
Early Cretaceous ammonites
Ammonites of Africa
Ammonites of Asia
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