Cardioceras

Cardioceras
Temporal range: Jurassic, [1]
Fossil of Cardioceras persecans from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Cardioceratidae
Genus: Cardioceras
Neumayr & Uhlig, 1881

Cardioceras is an extinct ammonite genus belonging to the family Cardioceratidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, Oxfordian age.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Paleobiology Database - Cardioceras". Retrieved 2017-10-19.
  2. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  3. ^ Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

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