Eudmetoceras

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Eudmetoceras
Temporal range: Aalenian–Bajocian [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Hammatoceratidae
Subfamily: Hammatoceratinae
Genus: Eudmetoceras
Buckman, 1920

Eudmetoceras is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil cephalopods, the ammonites. It lived during the Jurassic Period, [1] which lasted from 171.6 to 168.4 million years ago. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database" . Retrieved 2014-05-28.Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "Paleobiology Database - Eudmetoceras" . Retrieved 2017-10-19.