Eucalycoceras is an extinct genus of cephalopods belonging to the Ammonite subclass.
| Eucalycoceras Temporal range: Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Acanthoceratidae |
| Subfamily: | †Acanthoceratinae |
| Genus: | †Eucalycoceras Spath, 1923 |
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Species
edit- E. collignoni Fabre, 1940
- E. denizoti Fabre, 1940
- E. gothicum Kossmat, 1895
- E. pentagonus Jukes-Browne, 1896
Description
editEucalycoceras are medium-sized ammonites, generally compressed, with flattened flanks and venter with dense tuberculate ribs.
Distribution
editFossils of this genus have been found in the Cretaceous of Antarctica, Brazil, France, the United Kingdom and United States.
See also
editReferences
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- Tarrantoceras Stephenson and Related Ammonoid Geneva from Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) Rocks in Texas and the Western Interior of the United States
- The Paleobiology Database Archived 2022-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
- J. Sepkoski Online
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