Pseudoaspidoceras

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Pseudoaspidoceras
Temporal range: Turonian 94.3–89.3  Ma
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Pseudoaspidoceras conciliatum, Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) from Madagascar
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Acanthoceratidae
Genus: Pseudoaspidoceras
Dollfus, 1904

Pseudoaspidoceras is an extinct genus of ammonites in the family Acanthoceratidae.

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These cephalopods lived during the Turonian stage of the Upper Cretaceous, between 93.5 ± 0.8 Ma and 89.3 ± 1 Ma (million years ago). Their shells reached a diameter of 90–120 mm and had ornate ribs.

Distribution

Fossils of Pseudoaspidoceras have been found in Brazil, Nigeria and Peru. [1]

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