Peroniceras
Genus of molluscs (fossil)
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Peroniceras is an ammonite (an extinct group of marine mollusc) belonging to the Ammonitida family Collignoniceratidae.
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| Peroniceras tricarinatum, from Březno u Loun, Czech Republic, at the National Museum (Prague) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Collignoniceratidae |
| Subfamily: | †Peroniceratinae |
| Genus: | †Peroniceras de Grossouvre, 1894 |
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Species of this genus were widespread throughout the world. They were fast-moving nektonic carnivore shelled ammonoids.
Distribution
Cretaceous of Antarctica, Cameroon, Canada (British Columbia), Denmark, France, India, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, United States (California), Venezuela ; Jurassic of Japan [2]
