Skirroceras bayleanum

Skirroceras bayleanum is a Stephanoceratacean (ammonite) species belonging to the family Stephanoceratidae.[2]

Skirroceras bayleanum
Temporal range: Jurassic (Bajocian), 171.6–167.7 Ma
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Fossil of Skirroceras bayleanum from United Kingdom, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Fossil
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)

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, in the Bajocian age.[3]

Description

Skirroceras bayleanum has a shell reaching about 10.8 centimetres (4.3 in) of diameter. [4]

Distribution

Fossils of Skirroceras bayleanum are found in the Middle Jurassic Bajocian age marine strata of United Kingdom and France.[1]

References
  1. The Paleobiology Database
  2. Skirroceras bayleanum at Bajocien14
  3. Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
  4. Ammonites


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