Shastoceras Temporal range: Lower Aptian Aptian |
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Shastoceras behemoth & S. californicum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
Family: | Heteroceratidae |
Genus: | Shastoceras Anderson, 1938 |
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Shastoceras ("Shasta's horn") is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopod found in Lower Aptian sediments in Northern California.
It, like its close relative, Annuloceras, is a heteromorph ammonite that strongly resembles Macroscaphites.