Thurmanniceras jenkinsi Anderson 1933 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Alternative combination: Neocomites jenkinsi

Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1933. Knoxville-Shasta succession in California. Geological Society America Bulletin 44:1237-1270

Belongs to Thurmanniceras according to R. W. Imlay and D. L. Jones 1970

Sister taxa: Thurmanniceras californicum, Thurmanniceras pertransiens, Thurmanniceras santarosanum, Thurmanniceras stippi, Thurmanniceras thurmanni, Thurmanniceras wilcoxi, Thurmannia paskentae, Thurmannites novihispanicus, Thurmannites angusticostatus, Thurmannites miquihuanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is CAS loc33502, Southeast of Burt's Ranch house on McCarthy Creek, which is in a Valanginian marine siliciclastic in the Paskenta Formation of California.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (13: California, Oregon collections)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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