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 =
- 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
References
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Further reading
- John Bernard Reeside [https://books.google.com/books?id=BV_PAAAAMAAJ&dq=peroniceras&pg=PA40 The cephalopods of the Eagle sandstone and related formations]
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Category:Ammonites of North America
Category:Cretaceous United States
Category:Ammonites of South America
Category:Coniacian genus first appearances
Category:Santonian genus extinctions
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