Pseudoaspidoceras

Pseudoaspidoceras
Temporal range: Turonian
Pseudoaspidoceras conciliatum, Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) from Madagascar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ammonitida
Family:
Acanthoceratidae
Genus:
Pseudoaspidoceras

Dollfus, 1904

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

  1. ^ Pseudoaspidoceras at Fossilworks.org


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