Prionoceras
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| Prionoceras Temporal range: | |
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| Prionoceras divisum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Goniatitida |
| Family: | †Prionoceratidae |
| Subfamily: | †Prionoceratinae |
| Genus: | †Prionoceras Hyatt, 1883 |
Prionoceras is an extinct genus of ammonites.[1][2] It lived during the Devonian period. Prionoceras divisum is the type specimen from the Fichtel Mountains.[3] Specimens have been found in Algeria, China, Germany, Kazakhstan, Morocco, and Poland.[4][5]
