Euaspidoceras

Euaspidoceras Temporal range: Callovian–Oxfordian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Euaspidoceras, Coll. Reiter
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]

Species

• Euaspidoceras ajax Leanza 1947
• Euaspidoceras akantheen (or Aspidoceras akantheen) Buckman 1928
• Euaspidoceras davouxi Bert and Bonnot 2004
• Euaspidoceras babeanum d’Orbigny, 1848[4][5]
• Euaspidoceras perarmatum J. Sowerby, 1822[6]
• Euaspidoceras veranadaense Parent 2006[7]

Distribution

Euaspidoceras species may be found in the Jurassic of Argentina, France, Germany, India, Italy, Madagascar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, the United Kingdom and Yemen.[7]

References

Notes

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
2. Arkell, et al., (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (Ammonoidea). Geol Soc of America and Univ Kansas Press. p. L338-339.
3. Jura-Ammoniten Peter Reiter
4. J. K. WRIGHT, PhD THE LOWER OXFORDIAN (UPPER JURASSIC) OF NORTH YORKSHIRE
5. Le contact Callovien-Oxfordien dans les environs de Chaignay : nouvelles données stratigraphiques et paléontologiques
6. GBIF
7. "Paleobiology Database - Euaspidoceras". Retrieved 2017-10-19.