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Pseudocrioceras duvalianum

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Cephalopoda

Suborder
  
Ancyloceratina

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Subclass
  
Ammonoidea

Family
  
Ancyloceratidae

Pseudocrioceras duvalianum

Pseudocrioceras duvalianum is an extinct species of ammonite cephalopod.

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Description

Shellls of Pseudocrioceras duvalianum can reach a diamenter of about 17–23 centimetres (6.7–9.1 in). These ammonites are tripartite with ancyloceratid-like coiling and quite closed spirals. The section of the horl is subrectangular. They show at first fine radial ribs with ventral tubercles, then groups of 2-3 ribs.

Distribution

These ammonites have has been found in strata of the Barremian age of France.

References

Pseudocrioceras duvalianum Wikipedia