Euaspidoceras babeanum
Euaspidoceras babeanum Temporal range: Callovian–Oxfordian[1] | |
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Fossil of Euaspidoceras babeanum from Calvados, , on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification | |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
Order: | Ammonitida |
Superfamily: | Perisphinctaceae |
Family: | Aspidoceratidae |
Genus: | Euaspidoceras |
Species: | E. babeanum |
Binomial name | |
Euaspidoceras babeanum d’Orbigny, 1848 | |
Euaspidoceras babeanum is an extinct ammonoid-cephalopod species that lived during the Jurassic period.[1]
Fossil of Euaspidoceras babeanum may be found in the Upper Jurassic, Oxfordian stage of France, around 154 to 146 million years ago. [2]
Description
Euaspidoceras babeanum has a shell reaching up to 40 centimetres (16 in) of diameter.[2][3]
References
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