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Fossil shells of Gassendiceras alpinum from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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Genus: | Gassendiceras Bert, Delanoy & Bersac, 2006 |
Gassendiceras is an extinct genus of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the family Hemihoplitidae. They lived in the Cretaceous period, Barremian age. [1]
The genus name Gassendiceras honors the French philosopher and scientist Pierre Gassendi (1592 – 1655).
Shells of Gassendiceras species can reach a diameter of about 300 millimetres (12 in). [1]
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous rocks of southeastern France. [1]