Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae
Full reference: P. Alsen. 2006. The Early Cretaceous (Late Ryazanian-Early Hauterivian) ammonite fauna of North-East Greenland: taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and biogeography. Fossils and Strata 53:1-229
Belongs to Polyptychites (Polyptychites) according to P. Alsen 2006
Sister taxa: Polyptychites (Polyptychites) ascendens, Polyptychites (Polyptychites) beani, Polyptychites (Polyptychites) conferticosta, Polyptychites (Polyptychites) keyserlingi, Polyptychites (Polyptychites) michalskii, Polyptychites (Polyptychites) plenus, Polyptychites (Polyptychites) polyptychus, Polyptychites (Polyptychites) ramulicosta, Polyptychites (Polyptychites) rawsoni, Polyptychites (Polyptychites) tuberculatus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 49.3
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Greenland (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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