Systematic Paleontology
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Acanthoceratidae
Genus: Buaeceras
Budaiceras is an Ammonite from the upper Cretaceous lower Cenomanian stage included in the Lyelliceratidae. The shell is subevolute, the outer whorl overlapping the previous, with strong straight to somewhat wavy ribs that form ventrolateral and mid vental clavi.
Budaiceras lies at or near the upper end of the Lyelliceratid range.
References[]
- Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Ammonoidea, 1957. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
- List of Cephalopod Genera, Sepkoski 2002
