Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites babeanus, Aspidoceras babeanum, Aspidoceras babeaui
Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1848. Paléontologie Française - Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux mollusques et rayonnés fossiles de France - Terrains jurassiques. [Céphalopodes]. 1(Lvr 46-51 ):465-504
Belongs to Euaspidoceras according to A. Jeannet 1951
See also Douvillé 1916 and Waagen 1875
Sister taxa: Aspidoceras (Euaspidoceras) ajax, Euaspidoceras (Arcaspidoceras), Euaspidoceras (Clambites), Euaspidoceras aculeatum, Euaspidoceras ajax, Euaspidoceras biarmatum, Euaspidoceras biplicatum, Euaspidoceras chilense, Euaspidoceras davouxi, Euaspidoceras depereti, Euaspidoceras douvillei, Euaspidoceras falloti, Euaspidoceras ferrugineum, Euaspidoceras freii, Euaspidoceras hirsutum, Euaspidoceras kobyi, Euaspidoceras mahabense, Euaspidoceras nikitini, Euaspidoceras oegir, Euaspidoceras ovale, Euaspidoceras perarmatum, Euaspidoceras radisense, Euaspidoceras raynaudi, Euaspidoceras spinigerum, Euaspidoceras subbabeanum, Euaspidoceras tarapacaense, Euaspidoceras vendegiesi, Euaspidoceras veranadaense, Euaspidoceras waageni
Subtaxa: Euaspidoceras babeaui madagascariensis
Type specimen: MNHN.F.R04144
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 181.0
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Egypt (1 collection), Madagascar (5), Switzerland (4)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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