Skirroceras bayleanum

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Kingdom Animalia Class Cephalopoda Order Ammonitida Rank Species		Phylum Mollusca Subclass Ammonoidea Suborder Ammonitina

Skirroceras bayleanum is a Stephanoceratacean (ammonite) species belonging to the family Stephanoceratidae.

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, in the Bajocian age.

Description

Skirroceras bayleanum has a shell reaching about 10.8 centimetres (4.3 in) of diameter.

Fossils of Skirroceras bayleanum are found in the Middle Jurassic Bajocian age marine strata of United Kingdom and France.

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