Asteroceras stellare
| Asteroceras stellare Temporal range: Sinemurian | |
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| Fossil of Asteroceras stellare from Nuremberg (Germany) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Family: | Arietitidae |
| Genus: | Asteroceras |
| Species: | A. stellare |
| Binomial name | |
| Asteroceras stellare Sowerby 1815 | |
Asteroceras stellare, the True Star Ammonite, is an extinct species of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass and to the family Arietitidae. [2]
These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the lower Jurassic period, around 196.5 to 189.6 million years ago. [3]
Description
Asteroceras stellare has a shell reaching a diameter of about 90 centimetres (35 in).[3]
Distribution
Fossils of this species may be found in the Jurassic of Germany, Hungary and United Kingdom.[3]
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database
- ↑ Biolib
- 1 2 3 The Paleobiology Database
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