| Pleuroceras solare Temporal range: Lower Jurassic, | |
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Scientific 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
- Pleuroceras solare solitarium Simpson, 1855
- Pleuroceras solare trapezoidiformis Maubeuge, 1951
Distribution
Fossils of this species have been found in the Jurassic of Algeria, Austria, France, Germany and Spain.
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