Eleniceras stevrecensis

{{Short description|Species of molluscs (fossil)}}

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|fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Hauterivian}}Hauterivian

|image = Eleniceras stevrecensis sp nov, Lower Hauterivian, Stevrek, (Coll. St. Breskovski) at the Sofia University 'St. Kliment Ohridski' Museum of Paleontology and Historical Geology.jpg

|image_caption = Eleniceras stevrecensis sp. nov., Lower Hauterivian, Stevrek, (Coll. St. Breskovski) at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" Museum of Paleontology and Historical Geology

|genus = Eleniceras

|species = stevrecensis

|authority = Breskovski, 1967

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Eleniceras stevrecensis is an extinct species of cephalopods belonging to the Ammonoidea subclass.{{aut|Breskovski, St.}} (1967); "Eleniceras - genre nouveau d'ammonites hauterivien" Bull of the Geological Institute, Ser. Paleontology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences XVI: 47-52. [http://www.geology.cz/bulletin/fulltext/3-04-vasicek.pdf {{aut|Vašíček, Zdeněk}} (2002); "Lower Cretaceous Ammonoidea in the Podbranč quarry (Pieniny Klippen Belt, Slovakia)" Bulletin of the Czech Geological Survey, Vol. 77, No. 3, 187–200.] This animal lived 140–129 million years ago during the Hauterivian in Europe.

Etymology

The specific name, stevrecensis, is in honour of the Bulgarian village of Stevrek.

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