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Holcodiscus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Cephalopoda

Family
  
Holcodiscidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Order
  
Ammonitida

Rank
  
Genus

Holcodiscus

Similar
  
Kossmaticeras, Lytoceras cornucopia, Haploceras, Kosmoceras spinosum, Lissoceras

Holcodiscus is an ammonite genus placed in the family Holcodiscidae. Species in this genus were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. The type species of the genus is Ammonites caillaudianus.

  • Holcodiscus caillaudianus d'Orbigny 1850
  • Holcodiscus camelinus d'Orbigny 1850
  • Holcodiscus hauthali Paulcke 1907
  • Holcodiscus tenuistriatus Paulcke 1907
  • Distribution

    Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Austria, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, France, Italy, Morocco, Spain and Russia.

    References

    Holcodiscus Wikipedia


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