Aconeceras nisum
UNB-2018-0749Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Cephalopoda » Ammonoidea
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Oppeliidae
Genus: Aconeceras (Hyatt, 1903)
Species: Aconeceras nisum (d'Orbigny, 1841)
Platycone specimen. Inner whorls and aperture are partially broken. Faint ammonitic sutures are visible on the whorls.
Specifications
| Object name | Aconeceras nisum |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0749 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: Ammonoidea |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Mesozoic Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Lower Cretaceous Age: Aptian to Gargasian |
| Numeric age | 118 Mya |
| Origin | Gargas, France |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- A. Hyatt. 1903. Pseudoceratites of the Cretaceous. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 44:1-351