Agassiceras

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Agassiceras
Temporal range: Sinemurian
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Arietitidae
Subfamily:
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.

References[]

  • Arkell et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part L. Ammonoidea. Geological Society of America and Univ. of Kansas press.
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