Eleniceras tchechitevi

Eleniceras tchechitevi 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.

Eleniceras tchechitevi Temporal range: Hauterivian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Hauterivian
Eleniceras tchechitevi, Lower Hauterivian, Stevrek, (Coll. St. Breskovski) at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" Museum of Paleontology and Historical Geology
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Family:	†Neocomitidae
Genus:	†Eleniceras
Species:	†E. tchechitevi
Binomial name
†Eleniceras tchechitevi Breskovski, 1967

Etymology

The specific name, tchechitevi, is in honour of Georgi Tchechitev, who was a Bulgarian geologist and stratigrapher.