Eleniceras
{{Short description|Genus of molluscs (fossil)}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Hauterivian}}Hauterivian
| image = Eleniceras stevrecensis sp. nov., Lower Hauterivian, Stevrek, (Coll. St. Breskovski) at the Sofia University 'St. Kliment Ohridski' Museum of Paleontology and Historical Geology.jpg
| image_caption = Eleniceras stevrecensis sp. nov., Lower Hauterivian, Stevrek, (Coll. St. Breskovski) at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" Museum of Paleontology and Historical Geology
|taxon = Eleniceras
|authority = Breskovski, 1967
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision_ref = {{cite web | title= Eleniceras| url = https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=94766 |publisher= Paleobiology Database | access-date = 17 June 2023}}
|subdivision = *Eleniceras nikolovi
- Eleniceras stevrecensis
- Eleniceras tchechitevi
- Eleniceras transsylvanicum
}}
Eleniceras is an extinct genus of cephalopods belonging to the Ammonoidea subclass.{{aut|Breskovski, St.}} (1967); "Eleniceras - genre nouveau d'ammonites hauterivien" Bull of the Geological Institute, Ser. Paleontology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences XVI: 47-52.
Description
The genus was named after the Bulgarian town of Elena. The holotype is Eleniceras stevrecensis. There are several described species of Eleniceras, including E. nikolovi, E. stevrecensis, E. tchechitevi, E. transsylvanicum.[http://www.geology.cz/bulletin/fulltext/3-04-vasicek.pdf {{aut|Vašíček, Zdeněk}} (2002); "Lower Cretaceous Ammonoidea in the Podbranč quarry (Pieniny Klippen Belt, Slovakia)" Bulletin of the Czech Geological Survey, Vol. 77, No. 3, 192]{{aut|Wright, C. W.}} with {{aut|Callomon, J.H.}} and {{aut|Howarth, M.K.}} (1996), Mollusca 4 Revised , Cretaceous Ammonoidea, vol. 4, in Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (Roger L. Kaesler et al. eds.), Boulder, Colorado: The Geological Society of America & Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, at 61, 66.
Distribution
This animal lived 140–129 million years ago during the Hauterivian in Europe and Tunisia.
See also
References
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File:Eleniceras tschechitevi, sp. nov., Lower Hauterivian, Stevrek, Cr. 1 470 (Coll. St. Breskovski) at the Sofia University 'St. Kliment Ohridski' Museum of Paleontology and Historical Geology.jpg, Stevrek, Cr1 470 (Coll. St. Breskovski) at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" Museum of Paleontology and Historical Geology]]
External links
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- {{cite web |url= https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=94766 |title= Eleniceras |publisher= Paleobiology Database |accessdate= 17 June 2023}}
- {{cite web |title=Eleniceras |publisher=EOL (Encyclopaedia of Life) |url= https://eol.org/pages/47419455}}
- {{cite web |title= Eleniceras |publisher= mindat.org |url= https://www.mindat.org/taxon-4622599.html |accessdate= 17 June 2023}}
- {{cite journal |url=https://archive.org/details/St.Breskovski1967_eleniceras_genreNouveauDammonite/mode/2up?view=theater |author= Breskovski St. |author-link = Breskovski|title= Eleniceras - genre nouveau d'ammonites hauteriviens |journal= Bulletin of the Geological Institute - Series Paleontology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |volume= XVI |issue= |year= 1967 |pages= 47–52 |language= fr}}
- {{cite book |last= Wright C.W. with J.H. Callomon and M.K. Howarth |year= 1996 |chapter= Mollusca 4 Revised: Cretaceous Ammonoidea |volume = 4 |title= Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L |editor = Roger L. Kaesler |place= Boulder, Colorado and Lawrence, Kansas |publisher= The Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press |chapter-url= https://archive.org/details/treatiseoninvert0000join/page/n3/mode/2up?view=theater |chapter-url-access= registration |page = [https://archive.org/details/treatiseoninvert0000join/page/61/mode/2up?view=theater 61, 66] |via= Internet Archive}}
- {{cite book |last= Reboulet|first= S. |chapter= L'évolution des ammonites du Valanginien-Hauterivien inférieur du bassin Vocontien et de la plate-form Provençale (sud-est de la France): relations avec la stratigraphie séquentielle et implications biostratigraphiques. |title= Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie Lyon |volume= 137 |pages= [https://www.persee.fr/doc/geoly_0750-6635_1995_mon_137_1 101-103] |year= 1995 |language= fr}}
- {{cite journal |author1= Vašíček Z. |author2= Faupl P. |title=Die Cephalopoden aus den Rossfeldschichten der Reichraminger Decke (Obervalanginium, oberösterreichische Kalkalpen) |journal = Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt |volume= 139 |issue= 1 |year= 1996 |url = https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/JbGeolReichsanst_139_0101-0125.pdf |pages= 110–111 |language= german}}
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Category:Early Cretaceous ammonites of Europe
Category:Hauterivian genus first appearances