Echioceras
{{Short description|Genus of molluscs (fossil)}}
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| fossil_range = Sinemurian,{{cite journal|last=Sepkoski |first=Jack |title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry) | journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume=363 |pages=1–560 | year=2002 | url=http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class |accessdate=2017-10-18 |url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225225905/http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class | archivedate=2016-02-25 }} {{fossil range|196.5|189.6 }}[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14807 Echioceras in Paleobiology Database]
| image = Echioceratidae - Echioceras raricostatum.JPG
| image_caption = Fossil shells of Echioceras raricostatum from Pierreclos (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
| taxon = Echioceras
| authority = Bayle, 1878
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- Echioceras delicatum Buckman, 1914
- Echioceras intermedium Trueman and Williams, 1925
- Echioceras raricostatum Zieten, 1831
}}
Echioceras is an extinct genus of ammonites from the Early Jurassic of Europe and North America.
Description
Shell of Echioceras species can reach a diameter of about {{convert|4|-|6|cm}}.. The narrow and broad evolute shell is reinforced by fine ribs on inner whorls, progressively becoming stronger, straight and distinct.
Distribution
References
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- Cyril Walker & David Ward (1993) - Fossielen: Sesam Natuur Handboeken, Bosch & Keuning, Baarn. {{ISBN|90-246-4924-2}}
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Category:Early Jurassic ammonites of Europe
Category:Early Jurassic ammonites of North America
Category:Early Jurassic ammonites of Asia
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