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Euaspidoceras Akantheen
''Euaspidoceras'' is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus that lived during the Middle Jurassic. The ancestor of ''Euaspidoceras'' is probably ''Aspidoceras'', and it is considered to be related to genera such as ''Orthaspidoceras'', ''Simaspidoceras'', and ''Intranodites''. Species *''Euaspidoceras ajax'' Leanza 1947 *''Euaspidoceras akantheen'' (or ''Aspidoceras, Aspidoceras akantheen'') Buckman 1928 *''Euaspidoceras davouxi'' Bert and Bonnot 2004 *''Euaspidoceras babeanum'' d’Orbigny, 1848 *''Euaspidoceras perarmatum'' J. Sowerby, 1822 *''Euaspidoceras veranadaense'' Parent 2006 Distribution ''Euaspidoceras'' species may be found in the Jurassic of Argentina, France, Germany, India, Italy, Madagascar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, the United Kingdom and Yemen. References ;Notes Jurassic ammonites Ammonites of Europe Callovian first appearances Late Jurassic extinctions Ammonitida genera Aspidoceratidae {{Ammonitina-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford University Museum Of Natural History
The Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) is a museum displaying many of the University of Oxford's natural history specimens, located on Parks Road in Oxford, England. It also contains a lecture theatre which is used by the university's chemistry, zoology and The Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, mathematics departments. The museum provides the only public access into the adjoining Pitt Rivers Museum. History The university's Honour School of Natural Science started in 1850, but the facilities for teaching were scattered around the city of Oxford in the various Colleges of Oxford University, colleges. The university's collection of anatomy, anatomical and natural history specimens were similarly spread around the city. Regius Professor of Medicine, Sir Henry Acland, initiated the construction of the museum between 1855 and 1860, to bring together all the aspects of science around a central display area. The building was officially opened in 1860, althou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
