Eucalycoceras pentagonus

Eucalycoceras pentagonus.
Temporal range: Cretaceous, Cenomanian 93.9–100.5 Ma
Fossils shell of Eucalycoceras pentagonus. Cenomanian, Madagascar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Acanthoceratidae
Genus: Eucalycoceras
Species: E. pentagonus
Binomial name
Eucalycoceras pentagonus
Jukes-Browne 1896

Eucalycoceras pentagonus is an extinct species of cephalopods belonging to the Ammonite subclass. It is the type species of Eucalycoceras.

Description

Eucalycoceras pentagonus is a medium-sized ammonite, generally compressed, with flattened flanks and venter with dense tuberculate ribs.

Distribution

Fossils of this cosmopolitan species have been found in Cretaceous (Cenomanian).

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