Pseudocenoceras

Pseudocenoceras
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Nautiloidea
Order: Nautilida
Family: Nautilidae
Genus: †Pseudocenoceras
Spath (1927)
Diversity
12 species

Pseudocenoceras is an extinct genus of nautilid that belongs to the family Nautilidae. It lived in Europe and Asia during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods from the Tithonian to Maastrichtian ages.[2] The species P. archiacianum is known from the Albian age from Alpstein, Switzerland.[3]

Taxonomy

Species

This genus currently contains 12 described species. They are listed below:

  • Pseudocenoceras applanatum
  • Pseudocenoceras archiacianum
  • Pseudocenoceras campichei
  • Pseudocenoceras fittoni
  • Pseudocenoceras incautum
  • Pseudocenoceras largilliertianum
  • Pseudocenoceras nomenclator
  • Pseudocenoceras procerum
  • Pseudocenoceras proximum
  • Pseudocenoceras supervacuum
  • Pseudocenoceras warsanofievie
  • Pseudocenoceras xenium

References

  1. ↑ "†Pseudocenoceras Spath 1927 (mollusk)". The Paleobiology Database.
  2. ↑ "Pseudocenoceras". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2026-06-20.
  3. ↑ Tajika, Amane; Kürsteiner, Peter; Tschanz, Karl (2026-06-11). "First occurrence of the nautilid genus Pseudocenoceras (Cephalopoda, Nautilida) from the Albian of Semelenberg, Alpstein (Switzerland)". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 145: 679–685. doi:10.3897/sjp.145.193722. ISSN 1664-2384.