Phylloceras serum
| Phylloceras serum Temporal range: [1]
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| Fossil shells of Phylloceras serum from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Phylloceratidae |
| Genus: | †Phylloceras |
| Species: | †P. serum
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| Binomial name | |
| †Phylloceras serum Oppel 1865
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Phylloceras serum is an extinct species of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the family Phylloceratidae. These nektonic carnivores lived from Early Jurassic to Late Cretaceous (from 150,8 to 125.45 Ma).[1]
Distribution[edit]
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous of Austria, Mexico, Morocco, Poland, South Africa, Ukraine and in the Jurassic of Hungary and Italy.[1]
References[edit]
- Cyril Walker & David Ward (1993) - Fossielen: Sesam Natuur Handboeken, Bosch & Keuning, Baarn. ISBN 90-246-4924-2
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