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] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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]

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)