Muramotoceras
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Fossil of Muramotoceras from Upper Cretaceous of Japan | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ammonitida |
Suborder: | †Ancyloceratina |
Family: | †Nostoceratidae |
Genus: | †Muramotoceras Matsumoto, 1967[1] |
Muramotoceras was an unusual genus of heteromorphic ammonite.[2] It was known only from Japan until researchers reported in 2001 that the genus was present in Alaska's Matanuska Formation as well.[2] Its remains likely date to the middle Turonian (from 89.8 to 93.9 million years ago) in both areas.[2] Subsequently it was also described from the Santonian Gosau Group (Austria).[3]
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