Peroniceras

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

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Coniacian|Santonian|ref={{cite web

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

| image = Gasteropods - Ammonites - Peroniceras tricarinatum.JPG

| image_caption = Peroniceras tricarinatum, from Březno u Loun, Czech Republic, at the National Museum (Prague)

| taxon = Peroniceras

| authority = de Grossouvre, 1894

| subdivision_ranks = Subgenera

| subdivision_ref = {{cite web | title= Paleobiology Database - Peroniceras |authorlink =| year = | url = https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15383 | access-date = 17 December 2021 }}

| subdivision =

  • P. (Zuluiceras)
  • P. (Peroniceras)

| synonyms =

}}

Peroniceras is an ammonite (an extinct group of marine mollusc) belonging to the Ammonitida family Collignoniceratidae.

Species of this genus were widespread throughout the world. They were fast-moving nektonic carnivore shelled ammonoids.

Distribution

Cretaceous of Antarctica, Cameroon, Canada (British Columbia), Denmark, France, India, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, United States (California), Venezuela ; Jurassic of Japan

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