Euaspidoceras babeanum
| Euaspidoceras babeanum Temporal range: Callovian–Oxfordian[1] | |
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| Fossil of Euaspidoceras babeanum from Calvados, , on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Superfamily: | Perisphinctaceae |
| Family: | Aspidoceratidae |
| Genus: | Euaspidoceras |
| Species: | E. babeanum |
| Binomial name | |
| Euaspidoceras babeanum d’Orbigny, 1848 | |
Euaspidoceras babeanum is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod species that lived during the Jurassic. [1]
Fossil of Euaspidoceras babeanum may be found in the upper Jurassic, Oxfordian stage of France, around 154 to 146 million years ago. [2]
Description
Euaspidoceras babeanum has a shell reaching upto 40 centimetres (16 in) of diameter.[2][3]