Pseudocrioceras Explained

Pseudocrioceras is an extinct genus of ammonites. The species Pseudocrioceras anthulai has been found in strata from the Barremian - Aptian age of Chipatá, Santander, Colombia and is known from Georgia and Dagestan.^[1] The species Pseudocrioceras duvalianum and Pseudocrioceras fasciculare are found in the Barremian of France.

This genus was an actively mobile carnivore with a nektonic lifestyle.^[2]

Species

• Pseudocrioceras anthulai Eristavi 1955^[2]
• Pseudocrioceras duvalianum (d'Orbigny, 1842)^[3]
• Pseudocrioceras'fasciculare (d'Orbigny, 1840)^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://dare.uva.nl/cgi/arno/show.cgi?fid=148816 New and less known Barremian-Albian ammonites from Colombia
2. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=94504 Pseudocrioceras
3. Pierre Ropolo, Roland Gonnet & Gabriel Conte The ‘Pseudocriocerasinterval’ and adjacent beds at La Bédoule (SE France): implications to highest Barremian/lowest Aptian biostratigraphy