''Amoeboceras'' is an extinct genus of
ammonite
Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs, commonly referred to as ammonites, are more closely related to living coleoids (i.e., octopuses, squid and cuttlefish) ...
cephalopod closely related to the genus ''
Cardioceras
''Cardioceras'' is an extinct ammonite genus belonging to the family Cardioceratidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, Oxfordian age.
Description
Shells of ''Cardioceras'' species can reach a diameter of ...
''. Fossils are found in Late
Jurassic
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-aged marine strata of
Europe
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and
Russia
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.
References
Jurassic ammonites
Ammonitida genera
Stephanoceratoidea
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