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s. The species ''Pseudocrioceras anthulai'' has been found in strata from the

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.New and less known Barremian-Albian ammonites from Colombia
/ref> The species ''Pseudocrioceras duvalianum'' and ''Pseudocrioceras fasciculare'' are found in the Barremian of France. This genus was an actively mobile carnivore with a nektonic lifestyle.''Pseudocrioceras''
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Species

* ''Pseudocrioceras anthulai'' Eristavi 1955 * ''Pseudocrioceras duvalianum'' (d’Orbigny, 1842)Pierre Ropolo, Roland Gonnet & Gabriel Cont
The ‘Pseudocriocerasinterval’ and adjacent beds at La Bédoule (SE France): implications to highest Barremian/lowest Aptian biostratigraphy
/ref> * ''Pseudocrioceras'fasciculare'' (d’Orbigny, 1840)

References

Ancyloceratoidea Ammonitida genera Cretaceous ammonites Ammonites of South America Cretaceous Colombia Altiplano Cundiboyacense Ammonites of Europe Cretaceous Europe Cretaceous France Barremian life Aptian life Fossil taxa described in 1924 Paja Formation {{Ammonitida-stub