Epaspidoceras

Epaspidoceras
Temporal range: Kimmeridgian[1]
Fossil shell of Epaspidoceras lusitanicum, from Charente-Maritime. Specimen showing the aptychus, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Aspidoceratidae
Genus: Epaspidoceras
Spath, 1931
Species [2]

None cataloged

Epaspidoceras is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the order Ammonitida, family Aspidoceratidae. These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived during the Jurassic (Kimmeridgian).

References

Notes
  1. ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  2. ↑ "Paleobiology Database - Epaspidoceras". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
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