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Pleuroceras<\/b> is a genus of Early Jurassic ammonites (family Amaltheidae) known from the Pliensbachian (~190\u2013183 Ma) of central Europe, particularly Bavaria, Germany.<\/p>\n

Scientific classification:<\/b>
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Superfamily: Amaltheoidea
Family: Amaltheidae
Subfamily: Pleuroceratinae
Genus: Pleuroceras
Species: Pleuroceras sp.<\/p>\n

Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic (Pliensbachian, ~190\u2013183 Ma)
Origin: Bavaria (Bayern), Germany
Specimen size: 45 mm diameter<\/p>\n

Key species and localities:
<\/b>\u2022 Pleuroceras spinatum (Brugui\u00e8re, 1789) \u2013 Holzbachacker (Buttenheim, Oberfranken)
\u2022 Pleuroceras transiens Frentzen, 1937 \u2013 Staffelstein (Oberfranken)
\u2022 Pleuroceras quadratum \u2013 Reichenschwand Quarry (Mittelfranken)
\u2022 Pleuroceras solare Phillips, 1829 \u2013 various sites across Bavaria<\/p>\n

Photo Taken: June 28, 2025
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