Eucalycoceras
| Eucalycoceras Temporal range: Cretaceous, 99.7–94.3 Ma | |
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| Fossils shell of Eucalycoceras pentagonus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Family: | Acanthoceratidae |
| Genus: | Eucalycoceras Spath 1923 |
Eucalycoceras is an extinct genus of cephalopods belonging to the Ammonite subclass.
Species
- Eucalycoceras collignoni Fabre 1940 †
- Eucalycoceras denizoti Fabre 1940 †
- Eucalycoceras gothicum Kossmat 1895 †
- Eucalycoceras pentagonus Jukes-Browne 1896 †
Description
Eucalycoceras are medium-sized ammonites, generally compressed, with flattened flanks and venter with dense tuberculate ribs.
Distribution
Fossils of this genus have been found in the Cretaceous of Antarctica, Brazil, France, the United Kingdom and United States.
References
- Tarrantoceras Stephenson and Related Ammonoid Geneva from Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) Rocks in Texas and the Western Interior of the United States
- The Paleobiology Database
- J. Sepkoski Online
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