Dasyceras

Dasyceras
Temporal range: Sinemurian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Phylloceraatida
Family: Juraphyllitidae
Genus: Dasyceras
Hyatt, 1900
Species [2]

None Cataloged

Dasyceras is an early phylloceratid from the Sinemurian stage of the lower Jurassic, found in Europe.

The shell is evolute, compressed in section. Inner whorls are smooth, outer mature whorl develops coarse falcoid ribs that arise near the umbilical rim but to not pass over the rounded venter.

References

Notes
  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  2. "Paleobiology Database - Dasyceras". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
Bibliography
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