Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites oegir
Full reference: A. Oppel. 1863. III: Über jurassische Cephalopoden (continued). Palaeontologische Mittheilungen aus dem Museum des Koeniglich-Bayerischen Staates 163-266
Belongs to Euaspidoceras according to A. Jeannet 1951
Sister taxa: Aspidoceras (Euaspidoceras) ajax, Euaspidoceras (Arcaspidoceras), Euaspidoceras (Clambites), Euaspidoceras aculeatum, 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 ovale, Euaspidoceras perarmatum, Euaspidoceras radisense, Euaspidoceras raynaudi, Euaspidoceras spinigerum, Euaspidoceras subbabeanum, Euaspidoceras tarapacaense, Euaspidoceras vendegiesi, Euaspidoceras veranadaense, Euaspidoceras waageni
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 39.7
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (3 collections), Italy (1), Madagascar (2), Spain (1), Switzerland (2)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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