''Euaspidoceras'' is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus that lived during the
Middle Jurassic
The Middle Jurassic is the second epoch of the Jurassic Period. It lasted from about 174.1 to 163.5 million years ago. Fossils of land-dwelling animals, such as dinosaurs, from the Middle Jurassic are relatively rare, but geological formations co ...
.
Ancestor of ''Euaspidoceras'' is probably ''
Aspidoceras
''Aspidoceras'' is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Aspidoceratidae.
Taxonomy
''Aspidoceras'', named by Zittel, 1868, is the type genus for the persphictacian family Aspidoceratidae and subfamily Aspidoceratinae in ...
''. It is considered related to genera like ''
Orthaspidoceras
''Orthaspidoceras'' is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Aspidoceratidae. These nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, Kimmeridgian
In the geologic timescale, the Kimmeridgian is an age in the Late J ...
'', ''
Simaspidoceras'', and ''
Intranodites''.
Species
*''
Euaspidoceras ajax''
Leanza 1947
*''
Euaspidoceras davouxi''
Bert and Bonnot 2004
*''
Euaspidoceras babeanum''
d’Orbigny, 1848
*''
Euaspidoceras perarmatum''
J. Sowerby, 1822GBIF
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*'' Euaspidoceras veranadaense'' Parent 2006
Distribution
''Euaspidoceras'' species may be found in the Jurassic of Argentina, France, Germany, India, Italy, Madagascar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, the United Kingdom and Yemen.[
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References
;Notes
;Bibliography
*Arkell, et al.,1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (Ammonoidea). Geol Soc of America and Univ Kansas Press. p. L338-339.
External links
Jura-Ammoniten Peter Reiter
Jurassic ammonites
Ammonites of Europe
Callovian first appearances
Late Jurassic extinctions
Ammonitida genera
Aspidoceratidae
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