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).