Barroisiceras is an acanthoceratacean ammonite from the Upper Cretaceous, Coniacian,[1] included in the family Collignoniceratidae.
| Barroisiceras Temporal range:
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| Fossil of Barroisiceras species. Coniacian of Madagascar | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Collignoniceratidae |
| Subfamily: | †Barroisiceratinae |
| Genus: | †Barroisiceras de Grossouvre, 1894 |
| Subgenera[2] | |
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Diagnosis
editThe shell of Barroisiceras is rather involute, coiled such that the outer whorl embraces much of the previous, and is generally compressed. Whorls are high with a strong crenulate keel and sparse umbilical tubercles that develop into pairs of commonly flat ribs.
Taxonomy
editBarroisiceras is divided two subgenera, Barroisiceras (Barroisiceras) and Barroisiceras (Texasia),with Alstadenites sometimes added as a third, Barroisiceras (Alstadenites). B. (Barroiciceras) is moderately involute and the suture is rather simple. B. (Texasia) is more evolute and has a distinctly eccentric umbilicus and more complex suture.
Distribution
editCretaceous of Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Slovakia, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and USSR [2]
References
edit- Notes
- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ^ a b "Paleobiology Database - Barroisiceras". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- Bibliography
- Arkell et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology part L, Ammonoidea.
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