Biology:Euaspidoceras babeanum
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Short description: Extinct species of mollusc
| Euaspidoceras babeanum | |
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| Fossil of Euaspidoceras babeanum from Calvados, , on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Aspidoceratidae |
| Genus: | †Euaspidoceras |
| Species: | †E. babeanum
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| Binomial name | |
| †Euaspidoceras babeanum d’Orbigny, 1848
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Euaspidoceras babeanum is an extinct ammonoid-cephalopod species that lived during the Jurassic period.[1]
Fossils 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
Wikidata ☰ Q20686844 entry
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