Asteroceras stellare Temporal range:
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Fossil of Asteroceras stellare from Nuremberg (Germany) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | † Ammonoidea |
Order: | † Ammonitida |
Family: | † Arietitidae |
Genus: | † Asteroceras |
Species: | †A. stellare
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Binomial name | |
†Asteroceras stellare (Sowerby, 1815)
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Asteroceras stellare, the true star ammonite, is an extinct species of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass and to the family Arietitidae. [1]
These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the lower Jurassic period, around 196.5 to 189.6 million years ago. [2]
Asteroceras stellare has a shell reaching a diameter of about 90 centimetres (35 in). [2]
Fossils of this species may be found in the Jurassic of Germany, Hungary and United Kingdom. [2]
Asteroceras stellare Temporal range:
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Fossil of Asteroceras stellare from Nuremberg (Germany) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | † Ammonoidea |
Order: | † Ammonitida |
Family: | † Arietitidae |
Genus: | † Asteroceras |
Species: | †A. stellare
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Binomial name | |
†Asteroceras stellare (Sowerby, 1815)
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Asteroceras stellare, the true star ammonite, is an extinct species of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass and to the family Arietitidae. [1]
These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the lower Jurassic period, around 196.5 to 189.6 million years ago. [2]
Asteroceras stellare has a shell reaching a diameter of about 90 centimetres (35 in). [2]
Fossils of this species may be found in the Jurassic of Germany, Hungary and United Kingdom. [2]