Menuites costatus Kennedy and Summesberger 1986 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Full reference: W. J. Kennedy and H. Summesberger. 1986. Lower Maastrichtian ammonites from Neuberg, Steiermark, Austria. Beitr. Paläont. Österr. 12:181-242

Belongs to Menuites according to W. J. Kennedy and H. Summesberger 1986

Sister taxa: Menuites arrialoorensis, Menuites fresvillensis, Menuites gerardoi, Menuites menu, Menuites oralensis, Menuites portlocki, Menuites sanadai, Menuites soyaensis, Menuites wittekindi, Anapachydiscus fascicostatus, Anapachydiscus peninsularis, Anapachydiscus californicus, Anapachydiscus terminus, Anapachydiscus subtililobatum, Anapachydiscus nelchinensis

Type specimen: GIUW 1876.XV.9, a shell

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Neuberg (Krampen) (Cretaceous of Austria)

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