Pleuroceras is a genus of ammonite from the lower Jurassic, upper Pliensbachian.
Species Pleuroceras hawskerense (Young & Bird, 1828) Pleuroceras solare (Phillips, 1829) Pleuroceras spinatum (Bruguière, 1789) Pleuroceras transiens Frentzen, 1937 Pleuroceras apyrenum Buckman, 1911
Description
Pleuroceras has a planulate shell with a quadrate whorl section, bearing strong radial ribs ending in ventro-lateral tubercles. The venter is tabulate with a strong serrated keel.
Distribution Species of this genus were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. Its fossils have been found in Canada and Europe (Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Spain and United Kingdom).
References
External links Encyclopedia of life