Raymondiceras Explained

Raymondiceras is genus of ammonoid cephalopod belonging to the Cheiloceratidae family. Species belonging to this genus lived in late Devonian (Famennian).

Species and distribution

• Raymondiceras inceptum Petersen, 1975: ca 367.6 - 366.9 mya of Western Australia^[1]
• Raymondiceras simplex Raymond, 1909: ca 370.0 - 366.8 mya of Montana (USA). This species has been originally assigned to genus Prolobites. This is type species for genus Raymondiceras.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Goniat database . 12 October 2015.
2. Korn D, Klug C (2002) Ammoneae Devonicae. Fossilium Catalogus 138. Backhuys, Leiden