Gassendiceras is an extinct genus of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the family Hemihoplitidae. They lived in the Cretaceous period, Barremian age.[1]
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| Genus: | Gassendiceras Bert, Delanoy & Bersac, 2006
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Etymology
editThe genus name Gassendiceras honors the French philosopher and scientist Pierre Gassendi (1592 – 1655).
Species
edit- Gassendiceras quelquejeui Bert, Delanoy & Bersac, 2006
- Gassendiceras alpinum (d'Orbigny, 1850) (Synonym Crioceras alpinum)
- Gassendiceras enayi Bert, Delanoy & Bersac, 2006
- Gassendiceras coulletae Bert, Delanoy & Bersac, 2006
- Gassendiceras hammatoptychum (Uhlig, 1883)
Description
editShells of Gassendiceras species can reach a diameter of about 300 millimetres (12 in).[1]
Distribution
editFossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous rocks of southeastern France.[1]
References
edit- D. Bert, G. Delanoy & S. Bersac, « Descriptions de représentants nouveaux ou peu connus de la famille des Hemihoplitidae Spath, 1924 (Barrémien supérieur, Sud-Est de la France) : conséquences taxinomiques et phylétiques », Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Nice, vol. 21 (2006), p. 179-253
- Bert, Delanoy & Bersac Problems in the identity of "Crioceras" barremense Kilian, 1895 (Ancyloceratida, Late Barremian), and their proposed resolution
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