Asteroceras
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| Asteroceras Temporal range: 203.6–189.6 Ma Late Triassic to Early Jurassic[1] |
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| Asteroceras fossil from Dorset, England. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Family: | Arietitidae |
| Genus: | Asteroceras |
Asteroceras is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass. Asteroceras fossils may be found at Lyme Regis in the Asteroceras obtusum zone of Upper Sinemurian age.[2]
[edit] Species
- Asteroceras confusum
- Asteroceras obtusum
- Asteroceras smithii
- Asteroceras stellare
- Asteroceras turneri
[edit] References
- ^ http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=14587&is_real_user=1 The Paleobiology Database Asteroceras
- ^ Martell, D. M. 1995. An Ichthyosaur with Preserved Soft Tissue from the Sinemurian of Southern England. Palaeontology. 38(4): 897-903
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