Asteroceras obtusum
Asteroceras obtusum Temporal range: [1]
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Fossil of Asteroceras obtusum from Lyme Regis, on display at Museo di Scienze Naturali Enrico Caffi, Bergamo | |
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Asteroceras obtusum Sowerby, 1817
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Asteroceras obtusym, the Obtuse Star Ammonite, is an extinct species of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass and to the family Arietitidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the lower Jurassic period, upper Sinemurian, around 189-196 million years ago
Description
Asteroceras obtusym has a shell reaching a diameter of about 8–20 centimetres (3.1–7.9 in).[2]
Distribution
Fossils of this species may be found in Mexico, Russia, France, Germany (Aalen) and United Kingdom, at Lyme Regis in the Asteroceras obtusum zone of Upper Sinemurian age[3][4][5][6][7]
References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database
- ^ Ammonites
- ^ Martell, D. M. 1995. An Ichthyosaur with Preserved Soft Tissue from the Sinemurian of Southern England. Palaeontology. 38(4): 897-903
- ^ Paleobiology Databases
- ^ Biolib
- ^ Mikhail Semenovich Mesezhnikov, Gerd Ernst Gerold Westermann The Jurassic Ammonite Zones of the Soviet Union, Edizione 223
- ^ Claudio Bartolini, James Lee Wilson, Timothy Frost Lawton Mesozoic Sedimentary and Tectonic History of North-central Mexico, Edizione 340
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