Cadoceras

Cadoceras is an extinct ammonite genus belonging to the Cardioceratidae that lived during the Jurassic period from the late Bajocian to the early Callovian.[2]

Cadoceras
Temporal range: late Bajocian - early Callovian) 164.7–161.2 Ma
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[1]
C. elatmae fossil from Russia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonitida
Family:
Cardioceratidae
Genus:
Cadoceras

Fischer, 1882

Morphology

The typical Cadoceras shell is strongly ribbed, subglobular, with a broadly rounded venter, strongly embracing whorls, deep umbilicus, and a smile-like crescent-shaped aperture. Ribs arise from the umbilical shoulder and bifurcate (divide in two) about mid flank and cross the venter without interruption. Species vary in the nature of ribbing and roundness of the umbilical shoulder.[3][4]

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Jurassic sediments of Canada, Germany and Russia.[1]

References
  1. Cadoceras in Fossilworks.
  2. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  3. ammonites.fr Cadoceras entry
  4. jsdammonites.fr Cardioceratidae entry


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