Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Full reference: J. Sornay and F. Tessier. 1949. Ammonites nouvelles du Maestrichtien du Senegal. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, Cinquième Série 19:245-249
Belongs to Sphenodiscus according to J. Sornay and F. Tessier 1949
Sister taxa: Sphenodiscus aberrans, Sphenodiscus beecheri, Sphenodiscus binkhorsti, Sphenodiscus brasiliensis, Sphenodiscus intermedius, Sphenodiscus konincki, Sphenodiscus lobatus, Sphenodiscus parahybensis, Sphenodiscus pleurisepta, Sphenodiscus prepleurisepta, Sphenodiscus siva, Sphenodiscus stantoni, Sphenodiscus ubaghsi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Popenguine, well cuttings, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Cap de Nez Formation of Senegal
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Popenguine, well cuttings
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