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''Ropoloceras'' is an extinct ancyloceratin genus included in the family
Crioceratitidae Crioceratitidae is an extinct cephalopod family belonging to the subclass Ammonoidea and included in the order Ammonitida. Genera * '' Acantholytoceras'' Spath, 1932 * ''Balearites ''Balearites'' is an extinct ancyloceratin genus included i ...
, subclass
Ammonoidea 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 ...
, from the Upper Hauterivian. Fossils belonging to this genera were found on localities that are now in Switzerland, France and Spain.


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Ammonitida genera Crioceratitidae Fossils of France Fossils of Switzerland Fossils of Spain Hauterivian life Early Cretaceous ammonites of Europe {{Ammonitida-stub