Ophiceras

Ophiceras
Temporal range:
Reconstruction of Ophiceras himalayanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ceratitida
Family: †Ophiceratidae
Genus: †Ophiceras
Griesbach, 1880

Ophiceras is an extinct genus of smooth, evolute ceratitid ammonites from the Griesbachian (Early Triassic), with a rounded venter. Fossils of the genus have been found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Greenland, and India.

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