Algericeras is an extinct ammonite genus belonging to the superfamily Acanthoceratoidea that lived during the Cenomanian stage at the beginning of the Late Cretaceous in what is now Mexico.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Brancoceratidae |
| Subfamily: | †Mortoniceratinae |
| Genus: | †Algericeras Spath, 1925 |
Algericeras is included in the acathoceratacean family Brancoceratidae and subfamily Mortonoceratinae. Species include Algericeras (Sakondryella) remolinense and Algericeras proratum
References
edit- Algericeras-Paleodb
- W. J. Kennedy and C. W. Wright. 1981. Euhystrichoceras and Algericeras, the Last Mortoniceratine ammonites. Palaeontology 24(2):417-435
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
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