Euaspidoceras babeanum

Euaspidoceras babeanum
Temporal range: Callovian–Oxfordian[1]
Fossil of Euaspidoceras babeanum from Calvados, , on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Superfamily: Perisphinctaceae
Family: Aspidoceratidae
Genus: Euaspidoceras
Species: E. babeanum
Binomial name
Euaspidoceras babeanum
d’Orbigny, 1848

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

Fossil of Euaspidoceras babeanum may be found in the Upper Jurassic, Oxfordian stage of France, around 154 to 146 million years ago. [2]

Description

Euaspidoceras babeanum has a shell reaching up to 40 centimetres (16 in) of diameter.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database".
  2. 1 2 Ammonites
  3. ↑ Le contact Callovien-Oxfordien dans les environs de Chaignay: nouvelles données stratigraphiques et paléontologiques


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