Eucalycoceras

Eucalycoceras
Temporal range: Cretaceous, 99.7–94.3 Ma
Fossils shell of Eucalycoceras pentagonus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Acanthoceratidae
Genus: Eucalycoceras
Spath 1923

Eucalycoceras is an extinct genus of cephalopods belonging to the Ammonite subclass.

Species

Description

Eucalycoceras are medium-sized ammonites, generally compressed, with flattened flanks and venter with dense tuberculate ribs.

Distribution

Fossils of this genus have been found in the Cretaceous of Antarctica, Brazil, France, the United Kingdom and United States.

References

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See also

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