Calycoceras

Calycoceras
Temporal range: Cretaceous
Calycoceras asiaticum spinosum, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) from Madagascar, abt. 94 Mya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Acanthoceratidae
Genus: Calycoceras
Hyatt, 1900
Synonyms
  • Newboldiceras

Calycoceras is an extinct cephalopod genus belonging to the subclass Ammonoidea and family Acanthoceratidae that lived during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous, 100-94 Mya. [1] Their shells had ornate ribs. [2]

Species

[8]

Distribution

Calycoceras species may be found in the Cretaceous of Angola, Antarctica, Canada (British Columbia), France, Germany, Japan, Nigeria, Oman, Russia, the United Kingdom, United States (Alaska, Arizona, Kansas, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah) [8]

Calycoceras orientale, Late Cretaceous from Japan.

References

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