Yabeiceras transiens Kennedy and Wright 1983 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Full reference: W. J. Kennedy and C. W. Wright. 1983. Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. The ammonite subfamily Barroisiceratinae Basse, 1947. Annals of the South African Museum 90(6):241-324

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

Sister taxa: Yabeiceras ankinatsyense, Yabeiceras cobbani, Yabeiceras costatum, Yabeiceras crassiornatum, Yabeiceras manasoaense, Yabeiceras orientale

Type specimen: SAM-D1188A, a shell

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 83.9

Distribution: found only at Locality 145 [St Lucia Fm] (Cretaceous of South Africa)

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