Eoderoceras armatum Sowerby 1815

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Eoderoceratidae

Alternative combinations: Aegoceras armatum, Ammonites armatus, Deroceras armatum

Synonyms: Ammonites miles Simpson 1855, Deroceras eusculptum Lang and Spath 1926, Deroceras miles Simpson 1855, Deroceras obesum Spath 1925, Eoderoceras miles Simpson 1855, Eoderoceras postarmatum Hoffmann 1950

Full reference: J. Sowerby. 1815. The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. Parts XV to XVIII. The mineral conchology of Great Britain 1(15-18):179-234

Belongs to Eoderoceras according to B. Geczy and C. Meister 2007

See also Blau 1998, Blau et al. 2000, Edmunds et al. 2003 and Meister and Friebe 2003

Sister taxa: Eoderoceras ancyrense, Eoderoceras bispinatum, Eoderoceras bispinigerum, Eoderoceras hastatum, Eoderoceras praecursor, Eoderoceras tardecrescens, Microderoceras (Eoderoceras) birchiades

Type specimens:

  • Eoderoceras armatum: BMNH C.636
  • Deroceras eusculptum:
  • Deroceras obesum:
  • Eoderoceras miles:
  • Eoderoceras postarmatum:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Austria (2 collections), Germany (2), Hungary (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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