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Pleuroceras solare

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Pleuroceras solare
Temporal range: Lower Jurassic, 189.6–183 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Amaltheidae
Genus: Pleuroceras
Species:
P. solare
Binomial name
Pleuroceras solare
Phillips, 1829

Pleuroceras solare is a species of ammonite from the lower Jurassic, upper Pliensbachian period (189.6 ± 1.5 – 183.0 ± 1.5 Mya). Species of this genus were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. Shells can reach about 45 mm in diameter.

Subspecies

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  • Pleuroceras solare solitarium Simpson, 1855
  • Pleuroceras solare trapezoidiformis Maubeuge, 1951

Distribution

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Fossils of this species have been found in the Jurassic of Algeria, Austria, France, Germany and Spain.

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