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Eucalycoceras

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Cephalopoda

Order
  
Ammonitida

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Subclass
  
Ammonoidea

Family
  
Acanthoceratidae

Eucalycoceras

Similar
  
Calycoceras, Allocrioceras, Acanthoceras

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

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Species

  • Eucalycoceras collignoni Fabre 1940 †
  • Eucalycoceras denizoti Fabre 1940 †
  • Eucalycoceras gothicum Kossmat 1895 †
  • Eucalycoceras 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.

    References

    Eucalycoceras Wikipedia