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:
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