Eleniceras
Hauterivian | |
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Eleniceras stevrecensis sp. nov., Lower Hauterivian, Stevrek, (Coll. St. Breskovski) at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" Museum of Paleontology and Historical Geology | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ammonitida |
Family: | †Neocomitidae |
Genus: | †Eleniceras Breskovski, 1967 |
Species[1] | |
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Eleniceras is an extinct genusofcephalopods belonging to the Ammonoidea subclass.[2]
The genus was named after the Bulgarian town of Elena. The holotypeisEleniceras stevrecensis. There are several described speciesofEleniceras, including E. nikolovi, E. stevrecensis, E. tchechitevi, E. transsylvanicum.[3] [4]
This animal lived 140–129 million years ago during the Hauterivian in Europe and Tunisia.
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