| Astreptoceras Temporal range: Campanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Extinct | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Suborder: | †Ancyloceratina |
| Family: | †Diplomoceratidae |
| Genus: | †Astreptoceras Henderson, 1970 |
| Species: | †A. zelandicum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Astreptoceras zelandicum (Marshall, 1926) | |
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Astreptoceras is an extinct upper Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopod named by Henderson in 1970. Fossils belonging to this genera have been found in Antarctica and New Zealand.
The only described species is Astreptoceras zelandicum (Marshall, 1926). It is a small heteromorph ammonite with almost circular cross-section of the shell. Shell has probably only one straight shaft that is initially without ribs and constrictions. At diameter of about 2 mm there appears first constrictions and at late growth stages, these can be preceded by a collar and shallow secondary constriction. Weak ribs occurs at late growth stages.
References
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ^ "Astreptoceras zelandicum (Marshall, 1926)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- Henderson, R.A. 1970 Ammonoidea from the Mata Series (Santonian-Maastrichtian) of New Zealand. Special papers in palaeontology, 6: 81 p.
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