Eucalycoceras

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| fossil_range = Cretaceous, {{fossil range|99.7|94.3}}

| image = Acanthoceratidae - Eucalycoceras pentagonus.JPG

| image_caption = E. pentagonus

| taxon =Eucalycoceras

| authority = Spath, 1923

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| subdivision =

  • See text

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Eucalycoceras is an extinct genus of cephalopods belonging to the Ammonite subclass.

Species

  • E. collignoni Fabre, 1940
  • E. denizoti Fabre, 1940
  • E. gothicum Kossmat, 1895
  • E. pentagonus Jukes-Browne, 1896

Description

Eucalycoceras are medium-sized ammonites, generally compressed, with flattened flanks and venter with dense tuberculate ribs.

Distribution

Fossils of this genus have been found in the Cretaceous of Antarctica, Brazil, France, the United Kingdom and United States.

See also

References

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  • [http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1473/report.pdf Tarrantoceras Stephenson and Related Ammonoid Geneva from Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) Rocks in Texas and the Western Interior of the United States]
  • [https://www.fossilworks.org The Paleobiology Database]
  • [https://archive.today/20121205042343/http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=183&rank=phylum#selection-11455.0-11463.6 J. Sepkoski Online]

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Category:Cretaceous ammonites

Category:Acanthoceratidae

Category:Ammonitida genera

Category:Fossils of Brazil

Category:Fossils of the United States

Category:Fossils of France

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