| Arkelloceras Temporal range: Bajocian Preκ κ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Suborder: | Ammonitina |
| Superfamily: | Stephanoceratoidea |
| Family: | Otoitidae |
| Genus: | Arkelloceras |
Arkelloceras is an early Middle Jurassic (Bajocian stage) Stephanoceratoid (Ammonitina) genus from arctic Canada, Alaska, and Siberia belonging to the family Otoitidae (Imlay 1984, Westermann 1965)
Arkelloceras seems to be a direct descendant of Abbasites and is thought to have given rise to Ermoceras and possibly to Thamboceras. (Westermann 1965)
References
- Imlay, Ralph W. 1984. Early and Middle Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) Ammonites from Southern Alaska;U.S.G.S PP 1322
- Westermann, G. E. G. 1965.Septal and Sutural Patterns in Evolution and Taxonomy of Thamboceratidae and Clydoniceratidae (M Jurassic Ammonitina). Jour of Paleontology 39(5)864-874, Sept.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Arkelloceras | |