Pleuroceras spinatum

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Description

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: Ammonoidea Order: Ammonitida Family:Amaltheidae Genus: Pleuroceras (Hyatt, 1868) Species: Pleuroceras spinatum (Bruguière, 1789) Cadicone shell with four visible whorls. Very weathered specimen.

Specifications

Object namePleuroceras spinatum
IDUNB-2019-0656
Legal statusPermanent collection
CategoryFossil
Classification
Domain:
Eukaryote
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
CompositionCalcium carbonate
Age
Eon:
Phanerozoic
Era:
Mesozoic
Period:
Jurassic
Epoch:
Lower Jurassic
Age:
Pliensbachian to Toarcian
Numeric age192 - 182.7 Mya
OriginBridport, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Pieces1
PartialNo
Measurements
  • 5.3cm x 4.4cm x 1.1cm

Map of Origin