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| Ataxioceras conditum fossil, Germany | |
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| Genus: | Ataxioceras |
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Ataxioceras is an extinctAmmonite cephalopod genus confined to the Upper Jurassic of Europe, included in the superfamilyPerisphinctoidea.
PreviouslyAtaxioceras was assigned to the Perisphinctidae but has now been placed in theAtaxioceratidae for which it is the type genus.
These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during theJurassic period, from 155.7 to 150.8 Ma.[2]
The shell is evolute, strongly ribbed and moderately umbilicate. Primary ribs, on the order of 32 -36 per whorl, are sharp and widely spaced, originate at the umbilical shoulder. Secondary ribs form about mid flank, generally by trifurcation, but sometimes quadrifurcation (splitting into threes or sometimes fours) of the primaries. The umbilicus is about 0.4 the shell diameter.
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in theJurassic sediments in Germany, France, India and Romania.[2]
