Pseudoaspidoceras
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Pseudoaspidoceras Temporal range: Turonian
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Pseudoaspidoceras conciliatum, Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) from Madagascar | |
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Genus: | Pseudoaspidoceras Dollfus, 1904
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Pseudoaspidoceras is an extinct genus of ammonites in the family Acanthoceratidae.
These cephalopods lived during the Turonian stage of the Upper Cretaceous, between 93.5 ± 0.8 Ma and 89.3 ± 1 Ma (million years ago). Their shells reached a diameter of 90–120 mm and had ornate ribs.
Distribution[]
Fossils of Pseudoaspidoceras have been found in Brazil, Nigeria and Peru.[1]
References[]
- ^ Pseudoaspidoceras at Fossilworks.org
External links[]
- Jsdammonites
- GBIF
- Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopodes
Categories:
- Ammonitida genera
- Acanthoceratidae
- Cretaceous ammonites
- Ammonites of Africa
- Cretaceous Africa
- Ammonites of South America
- Cretaceous Brazil
- Cretaceous Peru
- Ammonitina stubs
- Cretaceous animal stubs