| Asturoceras | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Goniatitida |
| Suborder: | Goniatitina |
| Superfamily: | Dimorphocerataceae |
| Family: | Dimorphoceratidae |
| Subfamily: | Dimorphoceratinae |
| Genus: | Asturoceras Ruzhencev and Bogoslovskaya 1969 |
Asturoceras is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass. It was formally placed in this genus during the year 1969 by paleontologists Ruzhencev and Bogoslovskaya. Like all cephalopods, Asturoceras was a marine predator. Unlike some Ammonites who were sedentary bottom dwellers, Asturoceras swam actively of its own accord. A lifestyle such as this where the organism is able to move actively and lives in the water column is called nektonic.