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Grammoceras

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Hildoceratidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Order
  
Ammonitida

Superfamily
  
Hildocerataceae

Subfamily
  
Grammoceratinae

Rank
  
Genus

Subclass
  
Ammonites

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Similar
  
Ammonites, Euhoplites, Euaspidoceras, Gleviceras, Hildoceras

Grammoceras is an extinct ammonite found in Yorks Ravenscar, England, from Jurassic period sediments. Its overall distribution is fairly worldwide.

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Grammoceras has a thin, discoidally evolute shell with simple, gently sigmoid ribbing and a low ventral keel. Dumortiera and Catulloceras from the same age are similar except that Dumortiera has a more rounded venter and Catulloceras has a subquadrate whorl section. Asthenoceras from the slightly younger lower Bajocian may be a subgenus.

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Grammoceras Grammoceras penestriatulum Members Gallery The Fossil Forum

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References

Grammoceras Wikipedia