Skirroceras bayleanum

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Skirroceras bayleanum
Temporal range: Jurassic (Bajocian), 171.6–167.7  Ma
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Stephanoceratidae - Skirroceras bayleanum.jpg
Fossil of Skirroceras bayleanum from United Kingdom, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonitida
Family:
Stephanoceratidae
Genus:
Skirroceras
Species:
S. bayleanum
Binomial name
Skirroceras bayleanum
(Oppel, 1857)

Skirroceras bayleanum is a Stephanoceratacean (ammonite) species belonging to the family Stephanoceratidae. [2]

Contents

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, in the Bajocian age. [3]

Description

Skirroceras bayleanum has a shell reaching about 10.8 centimetres (4.3 in) of diameter. [4]

Distribution

Fossils of Skirroceras bayleanum are found in the Middle Jurassic Bajocian age marine strata of United Kingdom and France. [1]

References


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