''Euaspidoceras'' is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus that lived during the
Middle Jurassic
The Middle Jurassic is the second Epoch (geology), epoch of the Jurassic Period (geology), Period. It lasted from about 174.1 to 161.5 million years ago. Fossils of land-dwelling animals, such as dinosaurs, from the Middle Jurassic are relativel ...
.
The ancestor of ''Euaspidoceras'' is probably ''
Aspidoceras'', and it is considered to be related to genera such as ''
Orthaspidoceras
''Orthaspidoceras'' is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Aspidoceratidae. These nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, Kimmeridgian age.Sepkoski, JacSepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
De ...
'', ''
Simaspidoceras'', and ''
Intranodites''.
Species
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Euaspidoceras ajax''
Leanza 1947
*''
Euaspidoceras akantheen'' (or ''
Aspidoceras akantheen'')
Buckman 1928
*''
Euaspidoceras davouxi''
Bert and Bonnot 2004
*''
Euaspidoceras babeanum''
d’Orbigny, 1848
*''
Euaspidoceras perarmatum''
J. Sowerby, 1822GBIF
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*'' 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.[
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References
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Jurassic ammonites
Ammonites of Europe
Callovian first appearances
Late Jurassic extinctions
Ammonitida genera
Aspidoceratidae
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