Dayiceras

Dayiceras is a finely ribbed polymorphitid eoderoceratacean ammonoid cephalopod from the Jurassic, named by Spath in 1920. The shell is evolute, coiled such that all whorls are exposed. The whorl section is compressed such as to be higher than wide. A row of fine tubercles runs along the middle of the outer rim, the venter.

Dayiceras
Temporal range: Pliensbachian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonitida
Family:
Polymorphitidae
Genus:
Dayiceras

Spath, 1920
Species [2]

None cataloged

Distribution

Jurassic deposites of British Columbia and the United Kingdom.[2]

References
Notes
  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  2. "Paleobiology Database - Dayiceras". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
Bibliography
  • Arell et al.,1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L. Geological Society of America.


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