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Leiocera lineatum (Buckman 1899)
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Taxonomy
Ammonite
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Graphoceratidae
Genus: Leioceras
Species: Leiocera lineatum
Author Citation Buckman 1899
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Middle
International Age: Early Aalenian
Stratigraphy
Opalinuston Formation
Biostratigraphy
opalinum zone
Provenance
Collector: Volker Dietze
Date Collected: 11/14/2015
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Dimensions
Diameter: 10 cm
Location
Sulz
Aargau
Switzerland
Comments
The shell is well preserved. It may be that the "injury" at the point where the phragmocone ends and the body chamber begins was caused by a predator.
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