Euaspidoceras
Euaspidoceras is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus that lived during the Middle Jurassic.[1]
| Euaspidoceras Temporal range: | |
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| Euaspidoceras, Coll. Reiter | |
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| Euaspidoceras akantheen, Coll. OUMNH | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Aspidoceratidae |
| Subfamily: | †Aspidoceratinae |
| Genus: | †Euaspidoceras Oppel, 1863 |
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
- Euaspidoceras ajax Leanza 1947
- Euaspidoceras akantheen (or Aspidoceras akantheen) Buckman 1928
- Euaspidoceras davouxi Bert and Bonnot 2004
- Euaspidoceras babeanum d’Orbigny, 1848[4][5]
- Euaspidoceras perarmatum J. Sowerby, 1822[6]
- Euaspidoceras veranadaense Parent 2006[7]
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
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- Arkell, et al., (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (Ammonoidea). Geol Soc of America and Univ Kansas Press. p. L338-339.
- Jura-Ammoniten Peter Reiter
- J. K. WRIGHT, PhD THE LOWER OXFORDIAN (UPPER JURASSIC) OF NORTH YORKSHIRE
- Le contact Callovien-Oxfordien dans les environs de Chaignay : nouvelles données stratigraphiques et paléontologiques
- GBIF
- "Paleobiology Database - Euaspidoceras". Retrieved 2017-10-19.
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