Kitchinites stenomphalus Summesberger 1979 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Full reference: H. Summesberger. 1979. Eine obersantone Ammonitenfauna aus dem Becken von Gosau (Oberösterreich). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 82:109-176

Belongs to Kitchinites according to H. Summesberger 1979

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

Type specimen: SK 1978/12, a shell. Its type locality is Finstergrabenwandl (Skoumal collection), which is in a Santonian shallow subtidal shale in the Hochmoos Formation of Austria.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 46.0

Distribution: found only at Finstergrabenwandl (Skoumal collection)

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