Afromaenioceras

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Phylum:Mollusca
Subclass:Ammonoidea
Order:Agoniatitida
Afromaenioceras
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Agoniatitida
Family: Maenioceratidae
Genus: Afromaenioceras
Bensaïd, 1974
Species
  • A. bensaidi
  • A. brumale
  • A. crassum
  • A. hiemale
  • A. sulcatostriatum (type)
Synonyms
  • Maenioceras (Afromaenioceras)
  • Maenioceras crassum - synonym of A. crassum
  • Maenioceras sulcatostriatum - synonym of A. sulcatostriatum

Afromaenioceras (African Maenioceras) was a genus of maenioceratid ammonite from the Devonian of Morocco. It was originally named with two species A. sulcatostriatum and A. crassum,[1] but in 2024 three new species were named; A. bensaidi, A. brumale and A. hiemale.[2]

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