Eleniceras nikolovi
| Eleniceras nikolovi Temporal range: Hauterivian
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| Eleniceras nikolovi, Lower Hauterivian, Rouchovtzi, Elena, (Coll. St. Breskovski) at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" Museum of Paleontology and Historical Geology | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Neocomitidae |
| Genus: | †Eleniceras |
| Species: | †E. nikolovi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Eleniceras nikolovi Breskovski, 1967
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Eleniceras nikolovi is an extinct species of cephalopods belonging to the Ammonoidea subclass.[1][2] This animal lived 140–129 million years ago during the Hauterivian in Europe.
Etymology
The specific name, nikolovi, is in honour of Todor Nikolov, who was a Bulgarian palaeontologist.
References
- ^ Breskovski, St. (1967); "Eleniceras - genre nouveau d'ammonites hauterivien" Bull of the Geological Institute, Ser. Paleontology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences XVI: 47-52.
- ^ Vašíček, Zdeněk (2002); "Lower Cretaceous Ammonoidea in the Podbranč quarry (Pieniny Klippen Belt, Slovakia)" Bulletin of the Czech Geological Survey, Vol. 77, No. 3, 192.
External links
Wikispecies has information related to Eleniceras nikolovi.
- "Eleniceras nikolovi". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- "Eleniceras nikolovi". EOL (Encyclopaedia of Life).
- "Eleniceras nikolovi". mindat.org. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- Wright C.W. with J.H. Callomon and M.K. Howarth (1996). "Mollusca 4 Revised: Cretaceous Ammonoidea". In Roger L. Kaesler (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L. Vol. 4. Boulder, Colorado and Lawrence, Kansas: The Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press. p. 61, 66 – via Internet Archive.