{{Short description|Genus of molluscs (fossil)}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|105.3|66.043|Cretaceous}} | image = Gaudryceratidae - Gaudryceras species.JPG | image_caption = Fossil of ''Gaudryceras'' species | taxon = Gaudryceras | authority = de Grossouvre, 1894 }} '''''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 (105.3 to 66.043 Ma).<ref name=fa>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14918 Fossilworks]</ref><ref>Sepkoski, Jack [http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopodes]</ref>
==Subgenera and species== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} Subg. ''Gaudryceras (Gaudryceras) '' <small>de Grossouvre, 1894</small> :''Gaudryceras (Gaudryceras) alamedense'' <small>(Smith, 1889)</small> :''Gaudryceras (Gaudryceras) aureum'' <small>(Anderson, 1958)</small> :''Gaudryceras (Gaudryceras) cassisianum'' <small>d'Orbigny, 1850</small> :''Gaudryceras (Gaudryceras) delvallense'' <small>(Anderson, 1958)</small> :''Gaudryceras (Gaudryceras) denmanense'' <small>(Whiteaves, 1903)</small> :''Gaudryceras (Gaudryceras) mitis'' <small>Hauer, 1866</small> :''Gaudryceras (Gaudryceras) strictum'' <small>Kennedy ''et al.'', 2007</small> :''Gaudryceras (Gaudryceras) texanum'' <small>(Anderson, 1958)</small> Subg. ''Gaudryceras (Mesogaudryceras)'' <small>Spath, 1927</small> :''Gaudryceras (Mesogaudryceras) leptonema'' <small>Sharpe, 1855</small> Subg. ''Gaudryceras (Neogaudryceras)'' <small>Shimizu, 1935</small> :''Gaudryceras (Neogaudryceras) pictum'' <small>Yabe, 1903</small> :''Gaudryceras (Neogaudryceras) beantalyense'' <small>Collignon, 1956</small> :''Gaudryceras (Neogaudryceras) denseplicatum'' <small>Jimbo, 1894</small> :''Gaudryceras (Neogaudryceras) kayei'' <small>Forbes, 1846</small> :''Gaudryceras (Neogaudryceras) makarovense'' <small>Shigeta and Maeda, 2005</small> :''Gaudryceras (Neogaudryceras) seymouriense'' <small>Macellari, 1986</small> :''Gaudryceras (Neogaudryceras) stefaninii'' <small>Venzo, 1936</small> :''Gaudryceras (Neogaudryceras) tenuiliratum'' <small>Yabe, 1903</small> :''Gaudryceras (Neogaudryceras) varagurense'' <small>Kossmat, 1895</small> :''Gaudryceras (Neogaudryceras) varagurense patagonicum'' <small>(Paulcke, 1907)</small> :''Gaudryceras (Neogaudryceras) varicostatum'' <small>van Hoepen, 1921</small> {{div col end}} <ref name=fa/>
==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.<ref name=fa/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Ammonitida genera Category:Cretaceous ammonites Category:Ammonites of South America Category:Cretaceous Brazil Category:Cretaceous Mexico Category:Cretaceous Chile Category:Ammonites of Australia
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