''Asteroceras'' ("star horn") is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Triassic and Jurassic periods (from 205.6 to 189.6 Ma).

Species

*''Asteroceras blakei'' Spath, 1925 *''Asteroceras confusum'' Spath, 1925 *''Asteroceras obtusum'' (Sowerby, 1817) *''Asteroceras reynesi'' Fucini, 1903 *''Asteroceras saltriensis'' Parona, 1896 *''Asteroceras smithii'' (Sowerby, 1814) *''Asteroceras stellare'' (Sowerby 1815) *''Asteroceras turneri'' (Sowerby, 1814) Paleobiology Database - Asteroceras
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Distribution

''Asteroceras'' fossils may be found in the Jurassic marine strata of Canada, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Peru, and Turkey, in the Triassic of United States and at Lyme Regis in the ''Asteroceras obtusum'' zone of Upper Sinemurian age.Martell, D. M. 1995. An Ichthyosaur with Preserved Soft Tissue from the Sinemurian of Southern England. Palaeontology. 38(4): 897–903

References

Ammonitida genera Arietitidae Jurassic ammonites Ammonites of Europe Triassic ammonites Sinemurian life Fossil taxa described in 1867 {{Ammonitida-stub