''Androgynoceras'' is an extinct
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
cephalopod
A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan Taxonomic rank, class Cephalopoda (Greek language, Greek plural , ; "head-feet") such as a squid, octopus, cuttlefish, or nautilus. These exclusively marine animals are characterized by bilateral symm ...
belonging to the
ammonite
Ammonoids are extinct, (typically) coiled-shelled cephalopods comprising the subclass Ammonoidea. They are more closely related to living octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish (which comprise the clade Coleoidea) than they are to nautiluses (family N ...
subclass. The Green Ammonite Beds of the
Dorset Coast are named after ''Androgynoceras lataecosta'' which has chambers filled with green calcite.
[Davies, G. M. 1964. ''The Dorset Coast: A Geological Guide''. Northampton: John Dickens and co. Ltd.]
Distribution
Jurassic of Austria, France, Germany, Serbia and Montenegro, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom
References
External links
GBIF
Jurassic ammonites of Europe
Liparoceratidae
Ammonitida genera
Fossils of Serbia
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