Kitchinites pondicherryanus Kossmat 1897 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Alternative combination: Holcodiscus pondicherryanus

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

Sister taxa: Kitchinites (Kitchinites), Kitchinites (Neopuzosia), Kitchinites angolaensis, Kitchinites darwini, Kitchinites ifrimae, Kitchinites spathi, Kitchinites spengleri, Kitchinites stenomphalus, Kitchinites vicentensis

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 52.8

Distribution: found only at Pondicherry (Cretaceous of India)

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