Forbesiceras

Forbesiceras
Temporal range: U Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
Scientific classification
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Superfamily: Acanthocerataceae
Family: Forbesiceratidae
Genus: Forbesiceras
Kossmat 1897

Forbesiceras is an ammonite that lived during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous. Shells are moderately large, reaching diameters of 33 cm (13 in)or so, forming smooth, involute oxycones with narrow or sharp rims and closed umbilici.

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