Euaspidoceras Temporal range:
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Euaspidoceras, Coll. Reiter | |
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Euaspidoceras akantheen, Coll. OUMNH | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ammonitida |
Family: | †Aspidoceratidae |
Subfamily: | †Aspidoceratinae |
Genus: | †Euaspidoceras Oppel, 1863 |
Euaspidoceras is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus that lived during the Middle Jurassic.[1]
The ancestor of Euaspidoceras is probably Aspidoceras,[2] and it is considered to be related to genera such as Orthaspidoceras, Simaspidoceras, and Intranodites.[3]
Euaspidoceras species may be found in the Jurassic of Argentina, France, Germany, India, Italy, Madagascar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, the United Kingdom and Yemen.[7]