Epaspidoceras
Genus of molluscs (fossil)
| Epaspidoceras Temporal range: Kimmeridgian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Fossil shell of Epaspidoceras lusitanicum, from Charente-Maritime. Specimen showing the aptychus, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
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| Genus: | Epaspidoceras Spath, 1931 |
| Species[2] | |
| None cataloged | |
Epaspidoceras is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the order Ammonitida, family Aspidoceratidae. These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived during the Jurassic (Kimmeridgian).
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- C. Sarti Il kimmeridgiano delle prealpi veneto-trentine: fauna e biostratigrafia
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