Asteroceras

Asteroceras
Temporal range: Late Triassic-Early Jurassic 205.6–189.6 Ma[1]
Asteroceras fossil from Dorset, England.
Illustration of Asteroceras
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Family: †Arietitidae
Subfamily: †Asteroceratinae
Genus: †Asteroceras
Hyatt, 1867

Asteroceras is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Triassic and Jurassic periods (from 205.6 to 189.6 Ma).[1]

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