Pleuroceras is a genus of Early Jurassic ammonites (family Amaltheidae) known from the Pliensbachian (~190–183 Ma) of central Europe, particularly Bavaria, Germany.
Scientific classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Superfamily: Amaltheoidea
Family: Amaltheidae
Subfamily: Pleuroceratinae
Genus: Pleuroceras
Species: Pleuroceras sp.
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic (Pliensbachian, ~190–183 Ma)
Origin: Bavaria (Bayern), Germany
Specimen size: 45 mm diameter
Key species and localities:
• Pleuroceras spinatum (Bruguière, 1789) – Holzbachacker (Buttenheim, Oberfranken)
• Pleuroceras transiens Frentzen, 1937 – Staffelstein (Oberfranken)
• Pleuroceras quadratum – Reichenschwand Quarry (Mittelfranken)
• Pleuroceras solare Phillips, 1829 – various sites across Bavaria
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