Echioceratidae
| Echioceratidae Temporal range: Sinemurian, 196.5– 189.6 Ma | |
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| Fossil shells of Echioceras raricostatum from Pierreclos (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Family: | Echioceratidae |
Echioceratidae is an extinct family of ammonite from the Early Jurassic,
Genera
- Echioceras
- Gagaticeras
- Leptechioceras
- Orthechioceras Trueman and Williams 1925
- Palaeoechioceras Spath 1929
- Paltechioceras
- Plesechioceras Trueman and Williams 1925
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic rocks of Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Turkey and United Kingdom.[1]
References
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