Anagaudryceras valudavurense Kossmat 1895 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae

Alternative combination: Gaudryceras valudavurense

Belongs to Anagaudryceras according to W. J. Kennedy and R. A. Henderson 1992

Sister taxa: Anagaudryceras aurarium, Anagaudryceras compressum, Anagaudryceras involvulum, Anagaudryceras lueneburgense, Anagaudryceras madraspatanum, Anagaudryceras matsumotoi, Anagaudryceras mikobokense, Anagaudryceras particostatum, Anagaudryceras politissimum, Anagaudryceras pulchrum, Anagaudryceras sacya, Anagaudryceras subsacya, Anagaudryceras subtilineatum, Anagaudryceras tennenti, Anagaudryceras yamashitai

Type specimen: BMNH C51065, a shell. Its type locality is Pondicherry, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Valudavur Formation of India.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 13.1

Distribution: found only at Pondicherry

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