''Skirroceras'' is a Stephanoceratacean (ammonite) genus belonging to the family
Stephanoceratidae
Stephanoceratidae is a family of planulate and coronate ammonites within the Stephanoceratoidea.Arkell, Kummel, and Wright, 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Shells are evolute so that all whorl ...
. These
fast-swimming carnivores lived during the
Jurassic period, in the
Bajocian age.
[Sepkoski, Jac]
Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
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Selected species
*''Skirroceras bayleanum
''Skirroceras bayleanum'' is a Stephanoceratacean (ammonite) species belonging to the family Stephanoceratidae.
These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, in the Bajocian age.Sepkoski, JacSepkoski's Online Genus Da ...
'' (Oppel, 1857)
*'' Skirroceras macrum'' (von Quenstedt)
*'' Skirroceras leptogyrale'' Buckman Smithsonian Institution
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References
External links
Jurassic ammonites
Jurassic animals of Africa
Jurassic animals of Europe
Ammonitida genera
Stephanoceratoidea
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