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Agassiceras

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Agassiceras
Temporal range: Sinemurian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Arietitidae
Subfamily: Agassiceratinae
Genus: Agassiceras
Hyatt, 1875

Agassiceras is a Lower Jurassic ammonite from the Sinemurian stage in Europe. Agassiceras belongs to the psiloceratacean family, Arietitidae, and is characterized by being compressed with a sharp venter and feeble straight ribs that may bifurcate near the umbilical edge.

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