Phricodoceratidae
| Phricodoceratidae Temporal range: Pliensbachian | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Suborder: | Ammonitina |
| Superfamily: | Eoderocerataceae |
| Family: | Phricodoceratidae Spath, 1938 |
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Phricodoceratidae is a family in the Eoderocerataceae, aberrant ammonites from the Lower Jurassic characterized by a large adult size and a marked change of shell form and ornament with growth. Shells are stoutly ribbed, early growth stage is round-whorled with spines, followed by a high-whorled late growth stage with smooth, modified ribbing.
Three genera are currently placed in the Phricodoceratidae: Phricodoceras, Epideroceras, and Pseuduptonia.
References
- Arkell, et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea, in Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, (Part L); Geological Soc. of America and University of Kansas press.
- Donovan, Callomon, and Howarth 1981 Classification of the Jurassic Ammonitina; Systematics Association.
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