Tiltoniceras

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Phylum:Mollusca
Subclass:Ammonoidea
Order:Ammonitida
Tiltoniceras
Temporal range: Upper Pliensbachian — Early Toarcian[1]
T. antiquum from Haverlahwiese (Germany)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Hildoceratidae
Subfamily: Harpoceratinae
Genus: Tiltoniceras
Buckman, 1913
Type species
Tiltoniceras costatum
Buckman, 1913
Species
  • T. costatum Buckman, 1913
  • T. antiquum Wright, 1882
  • T. acutum Tate, 1875
  • T. capillatum Denckmann, 1887
Synonyms
  • Pacificeras Repin, 1970

Tiltoniceras is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the family Hildoceratidae. These cephalopods existed in the Jurassic period, from upper Pliensbachian age, Spinatum zone until lower Toarcian, Tenuicostatum zone in what is now Europe, North America, and the Asian part of Russia.[1] It is named after the village of Tilton-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire, where it was first identified.

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