Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Full reference: W. J. Kennedy, N. H. Landman, and W. A. Cobban. 2001. Santonian Ammonites from the Blossom Sand in Northeast Texas. American Museum Novitates 3332:1-9
Belongs to Glyptoxoceras according to W. J. Kennedy et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Glyptoxoceras aquisgranense, Glyptoxoceras brasiliense, Glyptoxoceras circulare, Glyptoxoceras crispatum, Glyptoxoceras ellisoni, Glyptoxoceras indicum, Glyptoxoceras largesulcatum, Glyptoxoceras nipponicum, Glyptoxoceras novimexicanum, Glyptoxoceras parahybense, Glyptoxoceras retrorsum, Glyptoxoceras rugatum, Glyptoxoceras souqueti, Glyptoxoceras subcompressum, Glyptoxoceras tenuisulcatum, Glyptoxoceras wakanenei
Type specimen: USNM 490970, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at USGS 18120, Red River Co. [Blossom Sand] (Cretaceous of Texas)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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