Epaspidoceras

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Epaspidoceras
Temporal range: Kimmeridgian [1]
Aspidoceratidae - Epaspidoceras lusitanicum.JPG
Fossil shell of Epaspidoceras lusitanicum, from Charente-Maritime. Specimen showing the aptychus, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris
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Epaspidoceras

Spath, 1931
Species [2]

None cataloged

Epaspidoceras is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the order Ammonitida, family Aspidoceratidae. These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived during the Jurassic (Kimmeridgian).

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References

Notes
  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database" . Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  2. "Paleobiology Database - Epaspidoceras" . Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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