Pleuroceras (ammonite)
# Pleuroceras (ammonite)

Pleuroceras is a genus of ammonite from the lower Jurassic, upper Pliensbachian.

## Species

* Pleuroceras hawskerense (Young & Bird, 1828)
* Pleuroceras solare (Phillips, 1829)
* Pleuroceras spinatum (Bruguière, 1789)
* Pleuroceras transiens Frentzen, 1937
* Pleuroceras apyrenum Buckman, 1911

## Description

Pleuroceras has a planulate shell with a quadrate whorl section, bearing strong radial ribs ending in ventro-lateral tubercles. The venter is tabulate with a strong serrated keel.

## Distribution

Species of this genus were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. Its fossils have been found in Canada and Europe (Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Spain and United Kingdom).

