Alcidellus Explained

Alcidellus is an oxyconic (sharp ventered) haploceratacean ammonite from the Middle Jurassic.[1]

Alcidellus was named as a genus buy Gerd Westermann in 1958. It is now generally seen as a subgenus of Oxycerites, differing from Oxyceratites (O) in having a broader venter with ventrolateral shoulders. The shell of Oxycerites, including O (Alcidellus) is generally smooth, essentially involute with a small umbilicus, highly compressed with flanks converging on a narrow, somewhat sharp venter. Sutures are ammonitic.

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    1. Web site: Paleobiology Database - Alcidellus . 2017-10-19 .