Euaspidoceras perarmatum

Euaspidoceras perarmatum is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod species that lived during the Jurassic.[1]

Euaspidoceras perarmatum
Temporal range: Callovian–Oxfordian[1]
Fossil of Euaspidoceras perarmatum from Calvados, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonitida
Family:
Aspidoceratidae
Genus:
Euaspidoceras
Species:
E. perarmatum
Binomial name
Euaspidoceras perarmatum
J. Sowerby, 1822[2]

Fossil of Euaspidoceras perarmatum may be found in the upper Jurassic, Oxfordian stage of France, Germany, Russia and Saudi Arabia, around 154 to 146 million years ago.[3][4]

Description

Euaspidoceras perarmatum has a shell reaching up to 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) of diameter.[5]

References
  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database".
  2. GBIF
  3. MNHN
  4. Mikhail Semenovich Mesezhnikov, Gerd Ernst Gerold Westermann Jurassic Ammonite Zones of the Soviet Union, Edizione 223
  5. Ammonites


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