''Raymondiceras'' is genus of

ammonoid 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 belonging to the Cheiloceratidae

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. Species belonging to this genus lived in late

Devonian The Devonian ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya. It is named after Devon, England, whe ...

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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 ...

Species and distribution

* ''Raymondiceras inceptum'' Petersen, 1975: ca 367.6 - 366.9 mya of Western Australia * ''Raymondiceras simplex'' Raymond, 1909: ca 370.0 - 366.8 mya of Montana (USA). This species has been originally assigned to genus '' Prolobites''. This is type species for genus ''Raymondiceras''.Korn D, Klug C (2002) Ammoneae Devonicae. Fossilium Catalogus 138. Backhuys, Leiden

References

Goniatitida genera Cheiloceratidae Late Devonian ammonites Ammonites of Australia Ammonites of North America Famennian life Famennian genus first appearances Famennian genus extinctions {{Goniatitida-stub