Stephanoceras humphriesianum
| Stephanoceras humphriesianum | |
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| Stephanoceras humphriesianum from Germany, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Suborder: | Ammonitina |
| Superfamily: | Stephanoceratoidea |
| Family: | Stephanoceratidae |
| Genus: | Stephanoceras |
| Species: | S. humphriesianum |
| Binomial name | |
| Stephanoceras humphriesianum Sowery 1825 | |
Stephanoceras humphriesianum is an extinct species of Stephanoceratoid ammonites.[2]
Illustration of Stephanoceras humphriesianum from Kunstformen der Natur (1904)
Description
Stephanoceras humphriesianum has an evolute shell with well-developed ribbing and tubercles.
Distribution
Fossils of Stephanoceras humphriesianum are found in the Middle Jurassic marine strata of British Columbia, England and Germany.[1][3] The zone of Stephanoceras humphriesianum is an ammonite biozone of the Bajocian age, in the Tethys domain.
References
- 1 2 BRLSI
- ↑ Global Names Index
- ↑ Cornelius Breckinridge Boyle A Catalogue and Bibliography of North American Mesozoic Invertebrata, Vol. 8, Ed. 102
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