Eleniceras nikolovi is an extinct species of cephalopods belonging to the Ammonoidea subclass.[1][2] This animal lived 140–129 million years ago during the Hauterivian in Europe.

Eleniceras nikolovi
Temporal range: Hauterivian Hauterivian
Eleniceras nikolovi, Lower Hauterivian, Rouchovtzi, Elena, (Coll. St. Breskovski) at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" Museum of Paleontology and Historical Geology
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Neocomitidae
Genus: Eleniceras
Species:
E. nikolovi
Binomial name
Eleniceras nikolovi

References

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  1. ^ Breskovski, St. (1967); "Eleniceras - genre nouveau d'ammonites hauterivien" Bull of the Geological Institute, Ser. Paleontology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences XVI: 47-52.
  2. ^ Vašíček, Zdeněk (2002); "Lower Cretaceous Ammonoidea in the Podbranč quarry (Pieniny Klippen Belt, Slovakia)" Bulletin of the Czech Geological Survey, Vol. 77, No. 3, 192.
 
Eleniceras nicolovi Breskovski, Lower Hauterivian, Dragoman, (Coll. G. Mandov) at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" Museum of Paleontology and Historical Geology
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  • "Eleniceras nikolovi". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  • "Eleniceras nikolovi". EOL (Encyclopaedia of Life).
  • "Eleniceras nikolovi". mindat.org. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  • Wright C.W. with J.H. Callomon and M.K. Howarth (1996). "Mollusca 4 Revised: Cretaceous Ammonoidea". In Roger L. Kaesler (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L. Vol. 4. Boulder, Colorado and Lawrence, Kansas: The Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press. p. 61, 66 – via Internet Archive.