Euaspidoceras

Euaspidoceras
Temporal range: Callovian–Oxfordian[1]
Euaspidoceras, Coll. Reiter
Euaspidoceras akantheen, Coll. OUMNH
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Family: †Aspidoceratidae
Subfamily: †Aspidoceratinae
Genus: †Euaspidoceras
Oppel, 1863

Euaspidoceras is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus that lived during the Middle Jurassic.[1]

The ancestor of Euaspidoceras is probably Aspidoceras,[2] and it is considered to be related to genera such as Orthaspidoceras, Simaspidoceras, and Intranodites.[3]

Species

Distribution

Euaspidoceras species may be found in the Jurassic of Argentina, France, Germany, India, Italy, Madagascar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, the United Kingdom and Yemen.[7]

References

Notes
  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  2. ^ Arkell, et al., (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (Ammonoidea). Geol Soc of America and Univ Kansas Press. p. L338-339.
  3. ^ Jura-Ammoniten Peter Reiter
  4. ^ J. K. WRIGHT, PhD THE LOWER OXFORDIAN (UPPER JURASSIC) OF NORTH YORKSHIRE
  5. ^ Le contact Callovien-Oxfordien dans les environs de Chaignay : nouvelles données stratigraphiques et paléontologiques
  6. ^ GBIF
  7. ^ a b "Paleobiology Database - Euaspidoceras". Retrieved 2017-10-19.


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