Aspinoceras
| Aspinoceras Temporal range: Early Cretaceous | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Lytoceratida |
| Superfamily: | Ancylocerataceae |
| Family: | Ancyloceratidae |
| Genus: | Aspinoceras Anderson, 1938 |
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Aspinoceras is an extinct heteromorph ammonite that lived during the Early Cretaceous. The shell small; starts off with a few loosely wound whorls not in contact followed by a short moderately curved shaft ending in a broad hook. Surface covered with mostly fine, close spaced ribs, with periodic larger ribs. In general form it resembles Ancyloceras.
Aspinoceras has been found in upper Hauterivian - lower Barremian formations in Europe and California.
References
- Arkell, W.J.; Kummel, B.; Wright, C.W. (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.