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Cymaceras

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Cephalopoda

Order
  
Ammonitida

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Subclass
  
Ammonoidea

Family
  
Oppeliidae

Cymaceras is a genus within the oppeliid subfamily Ochetoceratinae from the Kimmeridgian stage, around the middle of the Upper Jurassic.

Cymaceras is rather unusual in its wavy keel that leans alternatingly to one side then the other. Shells are involute, compressed, with a narrow venter and distinct inner and outer ribs, both sets of which are curved in a concave forward fashion.

References

Cymaceras Wikipedia