Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Dactylioceratidae
Full reference: J. Kopik. 1968. Remarks on some Toarcian ammonites from the Hornsund area, Vestspitsbergen. Studia Geologica Polonica XXI:33-56
Belongs to Dactylioceras according to J. Kopik 1968
Sister taxa: Dactylioceras (Dactylioceras), Dactylioceras (Eodactylites), Dactylioceras (Iranodactylites), Dactylioceras (Orthodactylites), Dactylioceras acanthus, Dactylioceras alpestre, Dactylioceras amplum, Dactylioceras athleticum, Dactylioceras commune, Dactylioceras consimile, Dactylioceras crassescens, Dactylioceras crassifactum, Dactylioceras crassiusculum, Dactylioceras holandrei, Dactylioceras kanense, Dactylioceras praepositum, Dactylioceras suntarense, Dactylioceras temperatum, Dactylioceras toxophorum, Rakusites pruddeni
Type specimen: I.G.949/II-I, a skeleton
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Hornsund, phosphorite layer (Jurassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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