Docidoceras
{{Short description|Genus of molluscs (fossil)}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|taxon = Docidoceras
|authority = Buckman, 1919{{cite journal |last1=Dietze |first1=V. |year=2010 |title=Rare Middle Jurassic ammonites of the families Erycitidae, Otoitidae and Stephanoceratidae from southern Germany |journal=Zitteliana |volume=50 |pages=71–88 |url=http://rogov.zwz.ru/Dietze%20et%20al,2010.pdf |display-authors=etal |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716054918/http://rogov.zwz.ru/Dietze%20et%20al%2C2010.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-16 }}
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision =
- Docidoceras biforme
- Docidoceras chandleri
- Docidoceras chocsinkyi
- Docidoceras cylindroides
- Docidoceras wysogorskii
- Docidoceras zemistephanoides
}}
Docidoceras is an extinct ammonite genus from the order Ammonitida that lived during the Middle Jurassic. Docidoceras is included in the family Otoitidae which makes up part of the ammonite superfamily Stephanoceratoidea.
Docidoceras has a broad, finely ribbed, evolute shell with a depressed whorl section. The venter, the outer rim, is broadly arched and crossed by the ribs without interruption. The dorsum, on the inner rim of the whorls is broadly impressed.
Distribution
Fossils of Docidoceras have been found in:
- Laberge Group, Yukon, Canada
- Agoudim Formation, Morocco
- Andalusia, Spain
- Inferior Oolite, United Kingdom
- Kialagvik Formation, Alaska, United States
References
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= Bibliography =
- Arkell et al., 1957; Ammonitina in the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Ammonoidea; Geological Soc of America and Univ Kansas press.
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Category:Middle Jurassic ammonites
Category:Middle Jurassic ammonites of Europe
Category:Jurassic United Kingdom
Category:Jurassic animals of Africa
Category:Middle Jurassic Africa
Category:Jurassic ammonites of North America
Category:Jurassic United States