Biology:Skirroceras

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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)


Skirroceras
Temporal range: Jurassic (Bajocian), 171.6–167.7 Ma
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Stephanoceratidae - Skirroceras bayleanum.jpg
Fossil of Skirroceras bayleanum from United Kingdom, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
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Stephanocerataceae
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Skirroceras

Mascke, 1907

Skirroceras is a Stephanoceratacean (ammonite) genus belonging to the family Stephanoceratidae. These fast-swimming carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, in the Bajocian age.[2]

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Wikidata ☰ Q12267467 entry