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Euaspidoceras babeanum

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Euaspidoceras babeanum
Temporal range: Callovian–Oxfordian[1]
Fossil of Euaspidoceras babeanum from Calvados, , on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
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E. babeanum
Binomial name
Euaspidoceras babeanum
d’Orbigny, 1848

Euaspidoceras babeanum is an extinct ammonoid-cephalopod species that lived during the Jurassic period.[1]

Fossil of Euaspidoceras babeanum may be found in the Upper Jurassic, Oxfordian stage of France, around 154 to 146 million years ago. [2]

Description

Euaspidoceras babeanum has a shell reaching up to 40 centimetres (16 in) of diameter.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ a b Ammonites
  3. ^ Le contact Callovien-Oxfordien dans les environs de Chaignay: nouvelles données stratigraphiques et paléontologiques