Placenticeras fritschi de Grossouvre 1894 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae

Alternative combination: Proplacenticeras fritschi

Belongs to Placenticeras according to W. J. Kennedy 1984

See also Böse 1928

Sister taxa: Placenticeras bidorsatum, Placenticeras cumminsi, Placenticeras kaffrarium, Placenticeras kolbajense, Placenticeras maherndli, Placenticeras mediasiaticum, Placenticeras memoriaschloenbachi, Placenticeras orbignyanum, Placenticeras paraplanum, Placenticeras placenta, Placenticeras polyopsis, Placenticeras pseudoplacenta, Placenticeras semiornatum, Placenticeras syrtale, Placenticeras tamulicum, Placenticeras vancouverense, Placenticeras vredenburgi, Placenticeras whitfieldi

Type specimen: Its type locality is La Ribochère, Villedieu-le-Château, which is in a Coniacian carbonate limestone in the Craie de Villedieu Formation of France

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 132.0

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (7 collections), Mexico (1)

Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences

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