Gaudryceras


Gaudryceras is an ammonite genus belonging to the family Gaudryceratidae.
These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived in the Cretaceous period, from Albian to Maastrichtian stages.

Subgenera and species

Subg. Gaudryceras de Grossouvre, 1894
Subg. Gaudryceras Spath, 1927
Subg. Gaudryceras Shimizu, 1935

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Angola, Antarctica, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Chile, France, Germany, India, Japan, Madagascar, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Spain and United States.