Pseudopeltoceras
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| Pseudopeltoceras | |
|---|---|
| Fossil of Pseudopeltoceras chauvinianum from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Perisphinctidae |
| Genus: | †Pseudopeltoceras Spath 1928 |
Pseudopeltoceras is a genus of perisphinctoid ammonites belonging to the family Perisphinctidae.
These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Middle Jurassic, upper Callovian stage.[2]