Echioceratidae

Echioceratidae
Temporal range: Sinemurian, 196.5– 189.6 Ma

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Fossil shells of Echioceras raricostatum from Pierreclos (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Echioceratidae

Echioceratidae is an extinct family of ammonite from the Early Jurassic,

Genera

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic rocks of Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Turkey and United Kingdom.[1]

References

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