Aspidoceras
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Aspidoceras is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Aspidoceratidae.
==Taxonomy== Aspidoceras, named by Zittel, 1868, is the type genus for the persphictacian family Aspidoceratidae and subfamily Aspidoceratinae in which it is included. It is considered related to genera like Chinamecaceras, Cubaspidoceras, Euaspidoceras, Extranodites, Intranodites, Neaspidoceras, Oligopsychopsis, Orthaspidoceras, Schaireria and Simaspidoceras.
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