Asteroceras stellare

Asteroceras stellare
Temporal range: 196.5–189.6 Ma
Fossil of Asteroceras stellare from Nuremberg (Germany)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Family: †Arietitidae
Genus: †Asteroceras
Species:
†A. stellare
Binomial name
†Asteroceras stellare
(Sowerby, 1815)

Asteroceras stellare, the true star ammonite, is an extinct species of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass and to the family Arietitidae.[1]

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the lower Jurassic period, around 196.5 to 189.6 million years ago.[2]

Description

Asteroceras stellare has a shell reaching a diameter of about 90 centimetres (35 in).[2]

Distribution

Fossils of this species may be found in the Jurassic of Germany, Hungary and United Kingdom.[2]

References

  1. ^ Biolib
  2. ^ a b c The Paleobiology Database


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