Biology:Coroniceras
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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Arietitidae |
| Subfamily: | †Arietitinae |
| Genus: | †Coroniceras Hyatt, 1867 |
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Coroniceras is a genus in the Arietitidae, a family in the ammonitid superfamily Psiloceratoidea, from the lower Sinermurian stage in the Lower Jurassic. It is a sub zone ammonite of the Arnioceras semicostatum Zone.
Coroniceras has a thin discoidal form with a circular whorl section, arched venter, single tall keel, and few but strong ribs. Coroniceras is included in the subfamily Arietitinae.
Fossils of Coroniceras bucklandi are commonly found at Lyme Regis, Dorset Coast, England in the higher limestones of the Blue Lias.[3]
References
- ↑ 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20080507014300/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
- ↑ "Paleobiology Database - Coroniceras". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=14719.
- ↑ Davies, G. M. 1964. The Dorset Coast London: Adam and Charles Black.
Wikidata ☰ Q5172300 entry
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