Pleuroceras (ammonite)

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

[1] 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.

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).