Skirroceras
| Skirroceras Temporal range: Jurassic (Bajocian), 171.6–167.7 Ma | |
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| Fossil of Skirroceras bayleanum from United Kingdom, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Suborder: | Ammonitina |
| Superfamily: | Stephanocerataceae |
| Family: | Stephanoceratidae |
| Genus: | Skirroceras Mascke, 1907 |
Skirroceras is a Stephanoceratacean (ammonite) genus belonging to the family Stephanoceratidae.
These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, in the Bajocian age. [2]
Selected species
- Skirroceras bayleanum (Oppel, 1857) [3]
- Skirroceras macrum (von Quenstedt) [4]
- Skirroceras leptogyrale Buckman [5][6]
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