Megasphaeroceras

Megasphaeroceras
Temporal range: Bajocian[1]
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Family: Sphaeroceratidae
Genus: Megasphaeroceras

Megasphaeroceras is an ammonite genus included in Sphaeroceratidae, a family of ammonoid[2] cephalopods characterized by their sphaeroidal shells with markedly eccentric coiling, fine ribbing, and complex sutures, known from the Bajocian.[1]

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  2. ↑ "Paleobiology Database - Megasphaeroceras". Retrieved 2017-10-19.
Bibliography
  • C. Teichert (1964). R.C. Moore, ed. Part K, Mollusca 3. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press. p. K190–K216.


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