| Skirroceras bayleanum Temporal range: Jurassic (Bajocian), 171.6–167.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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| Fossil of Skirroceras bayleanum from United Kingdom, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Suborder: | Ammonitina |
| Superfamily: | Stephanocerataceae |
| Family: | Stephanoceratidae |
| Genus: | Skirroceras |
| Species: | S. bayleanum |
| Binomial name | |
| Skirroceras bayleanum (Oppel, 1857) | |
Skirroceras bayleanum is a Stephanoceratacean (ammonite) species belonging to the family Stephanoceratidae.
These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, in the Bajocian age.
Description
Skirroceras bayleanum has a shell reaching about 10.8 centimetres (4.3 in) of diameter.
Distribution
Fossils of Skirroceras bayleanum are found in the Middle Jurassic Bajocian age marine strata of United Kingdom and France.
References
- ^ The Paleobiology Database
- Skirroceras bayleanum at Bajocien14
- Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
- Ammonites
External links
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