Delphinites (Pseudogarnieria) christenseni Alsen and Rawson 2005 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Full reference: P. Alsen and P. F. Rawson. 2005. The Early Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) ammonite Delphinites (Pseudogarnieria) from North-East Greenland. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 52(2):201-212

Belongs to Delphinites (Pseudogarnieria) according to P. Alsen 2006

See also Alsen and Rawson 2005

Sister taxa: Delphinites (Pseudogarnieria) donovani, Delphinites (Pseudogarnieria) unulatoplicatile

Type specimen: MGUH 27370, a shell. Its type locality is Locality 92, S Mols Bjerge, Traill Ø, which is in a Valanginian offshore shelf mudstone in the Palnatokes Bjerg Formation of Greenland.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Greenland (8 collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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