Umsinenoceras linguatuberculatum Kennedy et al. 1979 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Full reference: W. J. Kennedy, C. W. Wright, and H. C. Klinger. 1979. Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. A new genus and species of tuberculate desmoceratacean ammonite from the Mzinene Formation (Albian). Annals of the South African Museum 78(4):29-37

Belongs to Umsinenoceras according to W. J. Kennedy et al. 1979

Sister taxon: Umsinenoceras cardielense

Type specimen: BMNH C81275, a shell

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 26.7

Distribution: found only at Locality 35, Mzinene River, north of Hluhluwe (Cretaceous of South Africa)

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