Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Protetragonitidae
Alternative combinations: Hemitetragonites crebrisulcatus, Lytoceras crebrisulcatum
Synonym: Protetragonites mediocris Druschtschitz 1956
Belongs to Protetragonites according to Z. Vasicek et al. 2014
See also Collignon 1962, Förster 1975 and Wiedmann 1979
Sister taxa: Protetragonites quadrisulcatus, Protetragonites tauricus, Protetragonites zuegeli, Hemitetragonites aeolus, Hemitetragonites strangulatus, Leptotetragonites honnoratianus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 27.6
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (2 collections), Madagascar (1), Mozambique (1), Serbia and Montenegro (12), Spain (18), Western Sahara (1)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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