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Unipeltoceras

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Unipeltoceras
Temporal range: M Jura (U Callov)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Aspidoceratidae
Subfamily: Peltoceratinae
Genus: Unipeltoceras
Jeannet, 1951

Unipeltoceras is an extinct ammonite genus included in the perisphictacian family, Aspidoceratidae, and a member of the subfamily Peltoceratinae, that lived during the Callovian stage, late in the Middle Jurassic.

Unipeltoceras is characterized by its strongly evolute, discoidal shell with sharp ribbing on the inner whorls and differing from Peltoceras, s.s. by having only an outer row of tubercles on the outer whorls.

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