''Amauroceras'' is an
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
eoderoceratacean 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 cuttlefish) ...
s in the family
Amaltheidae.
References
;Notes
;Bibliography
* Arkell ''et al.'', 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L; Geological Society of America and University Kansas press.
Ammonitida genera
Eoderoceratoidea
Jurassic ammonites of North America
Pliensbachian life
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