Pleuroceras Hyatt 1868 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Liparoceratidae

Synonym: Paltopleuroceras Buckman 1898 [objective synonym]

Parent taxon: Amaltheidae according to M. K. Howarth 2013

See also Bardin et al. 2013, Frebold 1970, Géczy and Meister 1998, Howarth 1955, Meister and Friebe 2003 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amaltheus, Amauroceras

Subtaxa: Pleuroceras apyrenum Pleuroceras birdi Pleuroceras hawskerense Pleuroceras solare Pleuroceras spinatum Pleuroceras transiens

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Algeria (7 collections), Austria (2), Canada (2: British Columbia, Yukon), France (14), Germany (14), Hungary (2), Italy (1), Romania (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (16), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (23)

Total: 84 collections including 108 occurrences

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