Aspinoceras

Aspinoceras is an extinct genus of heteromorph ammonites that lived during the Early Cretaceous. The shell small; starts off with a few loosely wound whorls not in contact followed by a short moderately curved shaft ending in a broad hook. Surface covered with mostly fine, close spaced ribs, with periodic larger ribs. In general form it resembles Ancyloceras.

Aspinoceras
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ammonitida
Superfamily:
Ancyloceratoidea
Family:
Ancyloceratidae
Genus:
Aspinoceras

Anderson, 1938

Aspinoceras has been found in upper Hauterivian - lower Barremian formations in Europe and California.

References
    • Arkell, W.J.; Kummel, B.; Wright, C.W. (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.


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