Muramotoceras
| Muramotoceras Temporal range: Turonian | |
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| Fossil of Muramotoceras from Upper Cretaceous of Japan | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| 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]
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References
- Ann D. Pasch & Kevin C. May. (2001). "Taphonomy and paleoenvironment of a hadrosaur (Dinosauria) from the Matanuska Formation (Turonian) in South-Central Alaska". In Darren H. Tanke & Kenneth Carpenter. Mesozoic Vertebrate Life. Indiana University Press. pp. 219–236. ISBN 978-0-253-33907-2.
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