Aegasteroceras
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| Aegasteroceras | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Arietitidae |
| Subfamily: | †Asteroceratinae |
| Genus: | †Aegasteroceras Spath, 1925 |
Aegasteroceras is an extinct cephalopod genus from the Lower Jurassic belonging to the arietitid subfamily Asteroceratinae. The shell of Aegasteroceras is evolute with curve forward and meet at a broad low ventral keel.[1] Aegasteroceras, named by Spath, 1925, has been found in the Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) of England.[1]
