Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Protetragonitidae
Alternative combinations: Hemitetragonites crebrisulcatus, Lytoceras crebrisulcatum
Synonym: Protetragonites mediocris Druschtschitz 1956
Belongs to Protetragonites according to M. Benzaggagh 2025
See also Collignon 1962, Förster 1975, Vasicek et al. 2014 and Wiedmann 1979
Sister taxa: Protetragonites quadrisulcatus, Protetragonites tauricus, Protetragonites zuegeli, Hemitetragonites strangulatus, Hemitetragonites aeolus, Leptotetragonites honnoratianus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 27.6
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (2 collections), Madagascar (1), Morocco (5), Mozambique (1), Serbia (12), Spain (18), Western Sahara (1)
Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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