''Fuciniceras'' is an extinct cephalopod genus included in the

ammonoid 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 cuttlefi ...

family

Hildoceratidae Hildoceratidae is a family of ammonoid cephalopods from the Lower Jurassic, lower Pliensbachian (''Jamesoni'' zone) to lower Bajocian (maybe even upper Bajocian) substages, generally with strongly ribbed, involute shells. They are combined with ...

, (order

Ammonitida Ammonitida is an order of ammonoid cephalopods that lived from the Jurassic through Paleocene time periods, commonly with intricate ammonitic sutures. Ammonitida is divided into four suborders, the Phylloceratina, Lytoceratina, Ancylocerati ...

), that lived during the

Pliensbachian The Pliensbachian is an age of the geologic timescale and stage in the stratigraphic column. It is part of the Early or Lower Jurassic Epoch or Series and spans the time between 190.8 ± 1.5 Ma and 182.7 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago). The ...

stage of the Early Jurassic. The shell of ''Fuciniceras'' is generally small, evlute, and strongly ribbed.

References

;Notes ;Bibliography *Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (Ammonoidea). Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, 1957. Ammonitida genera Hildoceratidae Early Jurassic ammonites Ammonites of Europe {{jurassic-animal-stub