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.[3]
| Androgynoceras Temporal range:
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| Fossil shells of Androgynoceras species from Lyme Regis (England), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Liparoceratidae |
| Genus: | †Androgynoceras Hyatt, 1867 |
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Distribution
editJurassic of Austria, France, Germany, Serbia and Montenegro, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom [2]
References
edit- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ^ a b "Paleobiology Database - Androgynoceras". Retrieved 2014-05-29.
- ^ Davies, G. M. 1964. The Dorset Coast: A Geological Guide. Northampton: John Dickens and co. Ltd.
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