Euaspidoceras

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Euaspidoceras
Temporal range: Callovian–Oxfordian [1]
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Euaspidoceras, Coll. Reiter
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Euaspidoceras akantheen, Coll. OUMNH
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Aspidoceratidae
Subfamily: Aspidoceratinae
Genus: Euaspidoceras
Oppel, 1863

Euaspidoceras is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus that lived during the Middle Jurassic. [1]

Contents

The ancestor of Euaspidoceras is probably Aspidoceras , [2] and it is considered to be related to genera such as Orthaspidoceras , Simaspidoceras , and Intranodites . [3]

Species

Distribution

Euaspidoceras species may be found in the Jurassic of Argentina, France, Germany, India, Italy, Madagascar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, the United Kingdom and Yemen. [7]

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References

Notes
  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database" . Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  2. Arkell, et al., (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (Ammonoidea). Geol Soc of America and Univ Kansas Press. p. L338-339.
  3. Jura-Ammoniten Peter Reiter
  4. J. K. WRIGHT, PhD THE LOWER OXFORDIAN (UPPER JURASSIC) OF NORTH YORKSHIRE
  5. Le contact Callovien-Oxfordien dans les environs de Chaignay : nouvelles données stratigraphiques et paléontologiques
  6. GBIF
  7. 1 2 "Paleobiology Database - Euaspidoceras" . Retrieved 2017-10-19.