Prionoceras is an extinct genus of ammonites.[1][2] It lived during the Devonian period. Prionoceras divisum is the type specimen from the Fichtel Mountains.[3] Specimens have been found in Algeria, China, Germany, Kazakhstan, Morocco, and Poland.[4][5]
| Prionoceras Temporal range:
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| Prionoceras divisum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Goniatitida |
| Family: | †Prionoceratidae |
| Subfamily: | †Prionoceratinae |
| Genus: | †Prionoceras Hyatt, 1883 |
References edit
- ^ Hyatt, Alpheus (1883-04-04). "Genera of fossil cephalopods". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 22: 253–338.
- ^ J. J. Sepkoski Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. Vol. 363. p. 502.
- ^ Münster, Georg zu (1832). Über die Planuliten und Goniatiten im UebergangsKalk des Fichtelgebirges.
- ^ Korn, Dieter; Bockwinkel, Jürgen; Ebbighausen, Volker (May 2014). "Middle Famennian (Late Devonian) ammonoids from the Anti-Atlas of Morocco". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 272 (2): 167–204. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2014/0405.
Prionoceras is the most important middle Famennian goniatite genus in the Anti-Atlas of Morocco and the Saoura Valley of Algeria.
- ^ "Prionoceras". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
External links edit
- "Prionoceras". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
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