Apoderoceras
Apoderoceras Temporal range:
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Genus: | Apoderoceras
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Apoderoceras is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass.
Biostratigraphic significance[]
The International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) has assigned the First Appearance Datum of genus Apoderocerasas and of Bifericeras donovani the defining biological marker for the start of the Pliensbachian Stage of the Jurassic, 190.8 ± 1.0 million years ago.
Distribution[]
Jurassic of Argentina, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, the United Kingdom [2]
References[]
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ^ "Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Categories:
- Eoderoceratoidea
- Ammonitida genera
- Jurassic ammonites of Europe
- Pliensbachian life
- Ammonitina stubs