Biology:Prionoceras
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Short description: Extinct genus of ammonites
| Prionoceras | |
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| Prionoceras divisum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Goniatitida |
| Family: | †Prionoceratidae |
| Subfamily: | †Prionoceratinae |
| Genus: | †Prionoceras Hyatt, 1883 |
Prionoceras is an extinct genus of ammonites.[1][2] It lived during the Devonian period. Prionoceras divisum is the type specimen from the Fichtel Mountains.[3] Specimens have been found in Algeria, China, Germany, Kazakhstan, Morocco, and Poland.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Hyatt, Alpheus (1883-04-04). "Genera of fossil cephalopods". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 22: 253–338. https://books.google.com/books?id=WGd2dLHiAJ4C.
- ↑ J. J. Sepkoski Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363. p. 502.
- ↑ Münster, Georg zu (1832). Über die Planuliten und Goniatiten im UebergangsKalk des Fichtelgebirges. https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_VoAeeh9SXUcC.
- ↑ Korn, Dieter; Bockwinkel, Jürgen; Ebbighausen, Volker (May 2014). "Middle Famennian (Late Devonian) ammonoids from the Anti-Atlas of Morocco". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 272 (2): 167–204. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0405. "Prionoceras is the most important middle Famennian goniatite genus in the Anti-Atlas of Morocco and the Saoura Valley of Algeria.".
- ↑ Prionoceras at fossilworks.org (retrieved 2020-06-29)
External links
- Prionoceras at fossilworks.org (retrieved 2020-06-29)
Wikidata ☰ Q21227459 entry
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