Skirroceras bayleanum

Skirroceras bayleanum; Temporal range: Jurassic (Bajocian), 171.6–167.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Fossil of Skirroceras bayleanum from United Kingdom, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Ammonitida
Suborder:	Ammonitina
Superfamily:	Stephanocerataceae
Family:	Stephanoceratidae
Genus:	Skirroceras
Species:	S. bayleanum
Binomial name
	Skirroceras bayleanum; (Oppel, 1857)

Skirroceras bayleanum is a Stephanoceratacean (ammonite) species belonging to the family Stephanoceratidae.^[2]

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, in the Bajocian age.^[3]

Description

Skirroceras bayleanum has a shell reaching about 10.8 centimetres (4.3 in) of diameter. ^[4]

Fossils of Skirroceras bayleanum are found in the Middle Jurassic Bajocian age marine strata of United Kingdom and France.^[1]

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