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Megasphaeroceras

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Megasphaeroceras
Temporal range: Bajocian[1]
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Megasphaeroceras

Megasphaeroceras is an ammonite genus included in Sphaeroceratidae, a family of ammonoid[2] cephalopods characterized by their spheroidal shells with markedly eccentric coiling, fine ribbing, and complex sutures, known from the Bajocian.[1]

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Notes
  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  2. ^ "Paleobiology Database - Megasphaeroceras". Retrieved 2017-10-19.
Bibliography
  • C. Teichert (1964). R.C. Moore (ed.). Part K, Mollusca 3. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press. p. K190–K216.