Euaspidoceras aculeatum Jeannet 1951 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Full reference: A. Jeannet. 1951. Stratigraphie und Palaeontologie des oolithischen Eisenerzlagers von Herznach und seiner Umgebung. Beiträge zur Geologie der Schweiz, Geotechnische Serie 13(5):1-240

Belongs to Euaspidoceras according to A. Jeannet 1951

Sister taxa: Aspidoceras (Euaspidoceras) ajax, Euaspidoceras (Arcaspidoceras), Euaspidoceras ajax, Euaspidoceras babeaui, 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 raynaudi, Euaspidoceras spinigerum, Euaspidoceras subbabeanum, Euaspidoceras tarapacaense, Euaspidoceras vendegiesi, Euaspidoceras veranadaense, Euaspidoceras waageni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Herznach, bed D.1 (Rollier collection), which is in a Callovian carbonate limestone in Switzerland

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 50.0

Distribution: found only at Herznach, bed D.1 (Rollier collection)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.