''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
''Aspidoceras'' is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Aspidoceratidae.
Taxonomy
''Aspidoceras'', named by Zittel, 1868, is the type genus for the persphictacian family Aspidoceratidae and subfamily Aspidoceratinae in ...
'', 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
''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
''Orthasp ...
''
Leanza 1947
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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'', ''Simaspido ...
'' (or ''
Aspidoceras akantheen'')
Buckman 1928
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Euaspidoceras davouxi
''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'', '' Simaspid ...
''
Bert and Bonnot 2004
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Euaspidoceras babeanum
''Euaspidoceras babeanum'' is an extinct ammonoid-cephalopod species that lived during the Jurassic period.
Fossils of ''Euaspidoceras babeanum'' may be found in the Upper Jurassic, Oxfordian stage
The Oxfordian is, in the ICS' geologic tim ...
''
d’Orbigny, 1848
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Euaspidoceras perarmatum
''Euaspidoceras perarmatum'' is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod species that lived during the Jurassic
The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Tria ...
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J. Sowerby, 1822GBIF
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*''Euaspidoceras veranadaense
''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'', '' Simaspid ...
'' 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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