Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites proratus, Prionocycloides proratus
Full reference: H. Coquand. 1879. Études supplémentaires sur la paléontologie algérienne, faisant suite à la description géologique et paléontologique de la région sud de la province de Constantine. Bulletin de l’Académie Hippone 15:1-449
Belongs to Algericeras according to W. J. Kennedy and C. W. Wright 1981
See also Spath 1925 and Young 1979
Sister taxa: Algericeras (Sakondryella), Algericeras boghariense
Subtaxa: Algericeras proratum paucicostatum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1 collection), Tunisia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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