Euaspidoceras perarmatum
Euaspidoceras perarmatum Temporal range: Callovian–Oxfordian[1] | |
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Fossil of Euaspidoceras perarmatum 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. perarmatum |
Binomial name | |
Euaspidoceras perarmatum J. Sowerby, 1822[2] | |
Euaspidoceras perarmatum is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod species that lived during the Jurassic.[1]
Fossil of Euaspidoceras perarmatum may be found in the upper Jurassic, Oxfordian stage of France, Germany, Russia and Saudi Arabia, around 154 to 146 million years ago.[3][4]
Description
Euaspidoceras perarmatum has a shell reaching up to 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) of diameter.[5]
References
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