Androgynoceras

Androgynoceras
Temporal range:
Fossil shells of Androgynoceras species from Lyme Regis (England), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Family: †Liparoceratidae
Genus: †Androgynoceras
Hyatt, 1867
Species
  • A. alloeotypus
  • A. capricornum
  • A. geyeri
  • A. heterogenes
  • A. hybrida
  • A. lataecosta
  • A. mickletonense
  • A. naptonense
  • A. sparsicosta

Androgynoceras is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the ammonite subclass. The Green Ammonite Beds of the Dorset Coast are named after Androgynoceras lataecosta which has chambers filled with green calcite.

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