''Falcitornoceras'' is a goniatitid ammonite from the Late Devonian, early

Famennian The Famennian is the latter of two faunal stages in the Late Devonian Epoch. The most recent estimate for its duration estimates that it lasted from around 371.1 million years ago to 359.3 million years ago. An earlier 2012 estimate, still used b ...

, that has been found in France and Spain. ''Falcitornoceras'' was named by House and Price, 1985, and is the type genus for the subfamily Falcitornoceratinae. The shell of ''Falcitornoceras'' is strongly involute, lacking an umbilicus. Juvenile stages have falcate ribs which cross the ventral rim; the ventro-lateral area bears weak to strong furrows. The adventitious lobe, high on the flank, is rounded or subacute and the lateral lobe has an inconspicuous saddle at the umbilical seam. ''Falcitornoceras'' is slightly older than '' Gundolficeras'' and somewhat younger than '' Phoenixites'', close relatives, although temporally overlapping both.

Distribution

Devonian of France, Poland and Spain.

References

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