Ophiceras
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| Ophiceras Temporal range: | |
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| Reconstruction of Ophiceras himalayanum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ceratitida |
| Family: | †Ophiceratidae |
| Genus: | †Ophiceras Griesbach, 1880 |
Ophiceras is an extinct genus of smooth, evolute ceratitid ammonites from the Griesbachian (Early Triassic), with a rounded venter. Fossils of the genus have been found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Greenland, and India.[1]