Aegoceras (Beaniceras)

Aegoceras (Beaniceras) is small, coarsely ribbed subgenus ammonite from the Lower Jurassic with coarsely ribbed rounded whorls. The shell is evolute, early whorls a barrel-shaped cadicone, later become serpenticonic.

Aegoceras
Temporal range: Pliensbachian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Family: †Liparoceratidae
Genus: †Aegoceras
Subgenus: †Aegoceras (Beaniceras)
Species[2]
  • A(B). centaurus (Quenstedt)
  • A(B). costatum
  • A(B). cottardiense
  • A(B). crassum
  • A(B). larzacensis
  • A(B). luridum
  • A(B). rotundum
  • A(B). senile

Distribution

Jurassic of France, Germany and Spain [2]

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References
Notes
  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  2. "Paleobiology Database - Aegoceras (Beaniceras)". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
Bibliography
  • Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L; Ch. Mesozoic Ammonoidea.. Geological Soc. of America and Uni. Kansas Press, R.C Moore (ed)


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