Liparoceras

Taxobox
name = "Liparoceras"
status = fossil
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
subclassis = Ammonoidea
ordo = Ammonoidea
superfamilia = Eoderocerataceae
familia = Liparoceratidae
genus = "Liparoceras"
genus_authority =
subdivision_ranks =
subdivision =

Liparoceras is an extinct fossil ammonite species from the jurassic period of England, and is found in lower lias deposits. Its name means 'fat Head' and this is due to its broad shell. The venter is wide and finely ribbed with no keel and it has two rows of tubercules on each whorl.

External links

* [http://www.fossilmuseum.net/ammonite-pictures/Liparoceras/Liparoceras.htm "Liparoceras" at fossilmuseum.net]
* [http://www.whitbymuseum.org.uk/d18/grp03/sim170.htm "Liparoceras" at the Whitby Museum]

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