''Menuthiocrioceras'' is an

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) ...

genus from the

Early Cretaceous The Early Cretaceous ( geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphic name), is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous. It is usually considered to stretch from 145 Ma to 100.5 Ma. Geology Pro ...

belonging to the

Ancyloceratoidea Ancyloceratoidea, formerly Ancylocerataceae, is a superfamily of typically uncoiled and loosely coiled heteromorph ammonoids Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These ...

. Fossils belonging to this genus were found in Madagascar and Indonesia.Klein, J. ''et al.'', 2007 FOSSILIUM CATALOGUS I:ANIMALIA Pars 144, Lower Cretaceous Ammonites III Bochianitoidea, Protancyloceratoidea, Ancyloceratoidea, Ptychoceratoidea.

Species

Species within the genus ''Menuthiocrioceras'' include: *''M. ampakabense'' Collignon, 1962 *''M. aontzyense'' Collignon, 1962 *''M. besairiei'' Collignon, 1949 *''M. colcanapi'' Collignon, 1962 *''M. compressum'' Skwarko & Thieuloy, 1989 *''M. hourcqui'' Collignon, 1949 *''M. irianense'' Skwarko & Thieuloy, 1989 *''M. kuntzi'' Collignon, 1962 *''M. lenoblei'' Collignon, 1949 *''M. mahafalense'' Collignon, 1962 *''M. sarkari'' Collignon, 1962 *''M. sornayi'' Collignon, 1962

References

Ammonitida genera Crioceratitidae Early Cretaceous ammonites Ammonites of Africa Ammonites of Asia {{ammonitida-stub