Aegoceras (Beaniceras) is small, coarsely ribbed subgenus ammonite from the Lower Jurassic with coarsely ribbed rounded whorls. The shell is evolute, early whorls a barrel-shaped cadicone, later become serpenticonic.
Aegoceras (Beaniceras) Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ammonitida |
Family: | †Liparoceratidae |
Genus: | †Aegoceras |
Subgenus: | †Aegoceras (Beaniceras) |
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Distribution
editJurassic of France, Germany and Spain [2]
References
edit- Notes
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ^ a b "Paleobiology Database - Aegoceras (Beaniceras)". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- Bibliography
- Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L; Ch. Mesozoic Ammonoidea.. Geological Soc. of America and Uni. Kansas Press, R.C Moore (ed)