Epaspidoceras
| Epaspidoceras Temporal range: Kimmeridgian[1] | |
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| Fossil shell of Epaspidoceras lusitanicum, from Charente-Maritime. Specimen showing the aptychus, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Family: | Aspidoceratidae |
| Genus: | Epaspidoceras Spath, 1931 |
| Species [2] | |
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None cataloged | |
Epaspidoceras is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the order Ammonitida, family Aspidoceratidae. These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived during the Jurassic (Kimmeridgian).
References
- Notes
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ↑ "Paleobiology Database - Epaspidoceras". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- Web Links
- Organism names
- C. Sarti Il kimmeridgiano delle prealpi veneto-trentine: fauna e biostratigrafia
- GBIF
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Worthpoint
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