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Asteroceras; Fossil range: 203.6–189.6 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Triassic to Early Jurassic
	Asteroceras fossil from Dorset, England.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Mollusca;
Class:	Cephalopoda;
Subclass:	Ammonoidea;
Family:	Arietitidae;
Genus:	Asteroceras;

Asteroceras sp.

Asteroceras is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass. Asteroceras fossils may be found at Lyme Regis in the Asteroceras obtusum zone of Upper Sinemurian age.^[2]

[edit] Species

Asteroceras confusum
Asteroceras obtusum
Asteroceras smithii
Asteroceras stellare
Asteroceras turneri

[edit] References

^ http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=14587&is_real_user=1 The Paleobiology Database Asteroceras
^ Martell, D. M. 1995. An Ichthyosaur with Preserved Soft Tissue from the Sinemurian of Southern England. Palaeontology. 38(4): 897-903

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[1] Martell, D. M. 1995. An Ichthyosaur with Preserved Soft Tissue from the Sinemurian of Southern England. Palaeontology. 38(4): 897-903

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