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†Placenticeras placenta DeKay 1828 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites placenta

Belongs to Placenticeras according to P. L. Sealey and S. G. Lucas 2019

See also Cobban and Hook 1983, Cobban and Kennedy 1992, Kennedy and Cobban 1993, Kennedy and Cobban 1994 and Kennedy et al. 1997

Sister taxa: Placenticeras benningi, Placenticeras bidorsatum, Placenticeras cumminsi, Placenticeras fritschi, Placenticeras intercalare, Placenticeras kaffrarium, Placenticeras kolbajense, Placenticeras maherndli, Placenticeras mediasiaticum, Placenticeras memoriaschloenbachi, Placenticeras merenskyi, Placenticeras orbignyanum, Placenticeras paraplanum, Placenticeras polyopsis, Placenticeras pseudoplacenta, Placenticeras semiornatum, Placenticeras syrtale, Placenticeras tamulicum, Placenticeras vancouverense, Placenticeras vredenburgi, Placenticeras whitfieldi

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (27: Delaware, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas collections)

Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence

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