Biology:Euaspidoceras perarmatum

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Short description: Extinct species of mollusc

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

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

Fossils 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

Wikidata ☰ Q20686845 entry