Arkelloceras is an early Middle Jurassic (Bajocian stage) Stephanoceratoid (Ammonitina) genus from arctic Canada, Alaska, and Siberia belonging to the family Otoitidae (Imlay 1984, Westermann 1965)

Arkelloceras
Temporal range: Bajocian
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Arkelloceras

Arkelloceras seems to be a direct descendant of Abbasites and is thought to have given rise to Ermoceras and possibly to Thamboceras. (Westermann 1965)

References

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  • Imlay, Ralph W. 1984. Early and Middle Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) Ammonites from Southern Alaska;U.S.G.S PP 1322 [1]
  • Westermann, G. E. G. 1965.Septal and Sutural Patterns in Evolution and Taxonomy of Thamboceratidae and Clydoniceratidae (M Jurassic Ammonitina). Jour of Paleontology 39(5)864-874, Sept.