Euaspidoceras

Euaspidoceras
Temporal range: Callovian–Oxfordian[1]
Euaspidoceras Coll. Reiter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Aspidoceratidae
Genus: Euaspidoceras
Oppel, 1863

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

Ancestor of Euaspidoceras is probably Aspidoceras. It is considered related to genera like Orthaspidoceras, Simaspidoceras, and Intranodites.

Species

[5]

Distribution

Euaspidoceras species may be found in the Jurassic of Argentina, France, Germany, India, Italy, Madagascar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, the United Kingdom and Yemen.[5]

References

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


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