Anisoceras

Anisoceras
Temporal range: Late Albian - Late Turonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Suborder: Turrilitina
Superfamily: Turrilitaceae
Family: Anisoceratidae
Genus: Anisoceras
Pictet, 1854
Species
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Anisoceras is a heteromorph ammonite belonging to the turrilitacean family Anisoceratidae. The shell forms a loose open helical spiral in the early stages, ending in one or two straight shafts in the mature adult. Surface ornament consists of prominent rounded nodes on the lower and upper flanks, connected by strong looped ribs. The nodes may have been the bases of long sharp spines.

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