Forresteria forresteri Reeside 1932 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Alternative combination: Barroisiceras (Forresteria) forresteri

Full reference: J. B. Reeside. 1932. The Upper Cretaceous ammonite genus Barroisiceras in the United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 170(B):9-21

Belongs to Forresteria according to W. J. Kennedy and C. W. Wright 1983

Sister taxa: Barroisiceras (Forresteria) basseae, Forresteria (Forresteria), Forresteria (Harleites), Forresteria pitalensis, Forresteria stantoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is East of Oak Spring, Sevier Co[Mancos Shale], which is in a Coniacian marine shale in the Mancos Shale Formation of Texas.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at East of Oak Spring, Sevier Co. [Mancos Shale]

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