Jaeniceras, a new genus of Tithonian ammonites based on Perisphinctes ponti Fallot & Termier

Authors

  • Horacio Parent Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Facultad de Ingeniería, IFG, Laboratorio de Paleontología, Pellegrini 250, 2000 Rosario
  • Enrique Ramos-Agustino C/Federico Castillo, 8.23005, Jaén
  • Fran García-Alacid Av. Eulza, 32, 31010 Barañáin, Navarra

Keywords:

Jaeniceras ponti nov. gen., females and males, homoeomorphy, Djurjuriceras, “Burckhardticeras”, Tithonian, Betic Range

Abstract

Based on the holotype of Perisphinctes ponti Fallot & Termier and new well-preserved specimens from southern Spain, the new genus Jaeniceras is introduced. The genus includes a group of distinctive Tethyan ammonites the females of which have been considered as belonging to the genus Djurjuriceras Roman, and the males to “Burckhardticeras” Olóriz . The partial homoeomorphy between these ammonites is here resolved by the study of their sexually-dimorphic sculpture ontogeny and morphology. Jaeniceras nov. gen. was distri­buted along the Central Tethys during the late Early Tithonian Ponti Zone. It seems possible that the new genus originated from some representative of the Andean lineage Catutosphinctes Leanza & Zeiss migrating along the Caribbean-North Atlantic seaway during the Fallauxi Zone.

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2025-10-03

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