Eucalycoceras
Temporal range: Cretaceous, 99.7–94.3 Ma
E. pentagonus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Acanthoceratidae
Subfamily: Acanthoceratinae
Genus: Eucalycoceras
Spath, 1923
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Eucalycoceras is an extinct genus of cephalopods belonging to the Ammonite subclass.

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Description

Eucalycoceras are medium-sized ammonites, generally compressed, with flattened flanks and venter with dense tuberculate ribs.

Distribution

Fossils of this genus have been found in the Cretaceous of Antarctica, Brazil, France, the United Kingdom and United States.

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