Dasyceras
Genus of molluscs (fossil)
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Dasyceras is an early phylloceratid from the Sinemurian stage of the lower Jurassic, found in Europe.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Juraphyllitidae |
| Genus: | †Dasyceras Hyatt, 1900 |
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None cataloged | |
The shell is evolute, compressed in section. Inner whorls are smooth, outer mature whorl develops coarse falcoid ribs that arise near the umbilical rim but to not pass over the rounded venter.
