Algericeras

{{Short description|Genus of molluscs (fossil)}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Cenomanian|ref={{cite web

| last = Sepkoski| first = Jack| title= Sepkoski's Online Genus Database|author-link =| year = 2002| url = http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class| accessdate = 2014-05-28 }}}}

| taxon = Algericeras

| authority = Spath, 1925

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Algericeras is an extinct ammonite genus belonging to the superfamily Acanthoceratoidea that lived during the Cenomanian stage at the beginning of the Late Cretaceous in what is now Mexico.

Algericeras is included in the acathoceratacean family Brancoceratidae and subfamily Mortonoceratinae. Species include Algericeras (Sakondryella) remolinense and Algericeras proratum

''References''

  • [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14532 Algericeras-Paleodb]
  • W. J. Kennedy and C. W. Wright. 1981. Euhystrichoceras and Algericeras, the Last Mortoniceratine ammonites. Palaeontology 24(2):417-435

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Category:Ammonitida genera

Category:Acanthoceratoidea

Category:Late Cretaceous ammonites

Category:Late Cretaceous ammonites of North America

Category:Cretaceous Mexico

Category:Late Cretaceous cephalopods of North America

Category:Fossils of Mexico

Category:Cenomanian life

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