Ataxioceras

Ataxioceras is an extinct Ammonite cephalopod genus confined to the Upper Jurassic of Europe, included in the superfamily Perisphinctoidea.

Previously Ataxioceras was assigned to the Perisphinctidae but has now been placed in the Ataxioceratidae for which it is the type genus.

Primary ribs, on the order of 32 -36 per whorl, are sharp and widely spaced, originate at the umbilical shoulder.

Secondary ribs form about mid flank, generally by trifurcation, but sometimes quadrifurcation (splitting into threes or sometimes fours) of the primaries.

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic sediments in Germany, France, India and Romania.