Biology:Eleniceras
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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)
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| Eleniceras stevrecensis sp. nov., Lower Hauterivian, Stevrek, (Coll. St. Breskovski) at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" Museum of Paleontology and Historical Geology | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Neocomitidae |
| Genus: | †Eleniceras Breskovski, 1967 |
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Eleniceras is an extinct genus of cephalopods belonging to the Ammonoidea subclass.[2]
Description
The genus was named after the Bulgarian town of Elena. The holotype is Eleniceras stevrecensis. There are several described species of Eleniceras, including E. nikolovi, E. stevrecensis, E. tchechitevi, E. transsylvanicum.[3] [4]
Distribution
This animal lived 140–129 million years ago during the Hauterivian in Europe and Tunisia.
See also
References
- ↑ "Eleniceras". Paleobiology Database. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=94766.
- ↑ Breskovski, St. (1967); "Eleniceras - genre nouveau d'ammonites hauterivien" Bull of the Geological Institute, Ser. Paleontology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences XVI: 47-52.
- ↑ Vašíček, Zdeněk (2002); "Lower Cretaceous Ammonoidea in the Podbranč quarry (Pieniny Klippen Belt, Slovakia)" Bulletin of the Czech Geological Survey, Vol. 77, No. 3, 192
- ↑ Wright, C. W. with Callomon, J.H. and Howarth, M.K. (1996), Mollusca 4 Revised , Cretaceous Ammonoidea, vol. 4, in Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (Roger L. Kaesler et al. eds.), Boulder, Colorado: The Geological Society of America & Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, at 61, 66.
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External links
- "Eleniceras". Paleobiology Database. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=94766. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- "Eleniceras". EOL (Encyclopaedia of Life). https://eol.org/pages/47419455.
- "Eleniceras". mindat.org. https://www.mindat.org/taxon-4622599.html. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- Breskovski St. (1967). "Eleniceras - genre nouveau d'ammonites hauteriviens" (in fr). Bulletin of the Geological Institute - Series Paleontology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences XVI: 47-52. https://archive.org/details/St.Breskovski1967_eleniceras_genreNouveauDammonite/mode/2up?view=theater.
- Wright C.W. with J.H. Callomon and M.K. Howarth (1996). "Mollusca 4 Revised: Cretaceous Ammonoidea". in Roger L. Kaesler. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L. 4. Boulder, Colorado and Lawrence, Kansas: The Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press. p. 61, 66. https://archive.org/details/treatiseoninvert0000join/page/n3/mode/2up?view=theater.
- Reboulet, S. (1995). "L'évolution des ammonites du Valanginien-Hauterivien inférieur du bassin Vocontien et de la plate-form Provençale (sud-est de la France): relations avec la stratigraphie séquentielle et implications biostratigraphiques." (in fr). Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie Lyon. 137. pp. 101-103.
- Vasicek Z. and Faupl P. (1996). "Die Cephalopoden aus den Rossfeldschichten der Reichraminger Decke (Obervalanginium, oberösterreichische Kalkalpen)" (in german). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 139 (1): 110-111. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/JbGeolReichsanst_139_0101-0125.pdf.
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