Alocolytoceras
| Alocolytoceras Temporal range: Toarcian[1] | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Suborder: | Lytoceratina |
| Family: | Lytoceratidae |
| Subfamily: | Alocolytoceratinae |
| Genus: | Alocolytoceras Hyatt, 1900 |
Alocolytoceras is a lytoderatid ammonite with whorls that pass during growth from round to oval, rounded-quadrate, or compressed; with about 10 deep constrictions per whorl, with as many as 20 sharp ribs in between. The shell is evolute. All whorls are visible from either side.
Alocolytoceras belongs to the lytoceratid subfamily Alocolytoceratinae, which also includes Pachylytoceras and Pleurolytoceras. It is known from the upper Lower Jurassic of Europe and the Himalaya.
References
- Notes
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- Bibliography
- Arkell, W.J.; Kummel, B.; Wright, C.W. (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
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