Yabeiceras is an extinct genus of cephalopods belonging to the ammonite family Collignoniceratidae.[1] They flourished during the Coniacian age, and lived in South Africa.

Yabeiceras
Temporal range: Coniacian 89.3–85.8 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Collignoniceratidae
Subfamily: Barroisiceratinae
Genus: Yabeiceras
Tokunaga & Shimizu, 1926
Species
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Species

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The species in the genus Yabeiceras include:

  • Y. ankinatsyense
  • Y. cobbani
  • Y. costatum
  • Y. crassiornatum
  • Y. manasoaense
  • Y. orientale (type species)
  • Y. transiens

References

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  1. ^ Paleobiology Database Yabeiceras entry Accessed 2 December 2011