Idoceras Temporal range: Late Jurassic |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Ammonitida |
Superfamily: | Perisphinctaceae |
Family: | Perisphinctidae |
Genus: |
Idoceras Burckhardt, 1906 |
Idoceras is a genus of perisphictacean ammonite, belonging to the Perisphinctidae subfamily Idoceratinae. The genus is known from the Upper Jurassic, with a widespread distribution. Shells of Idoceras are evolute, with a wide umbilicus; ribbing strong, bifurcate high on flanks. Suture simpler than in the similar Ataxioceras.