Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Full reference: R. W. Imlay. 1960. Early Cretaceous (Albian) ammonites from the Chitna Valley and Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 354(D):87-114
Belongs to Calliphylloceras according to F. H. McLearn 1972
Sister taxa: Calliphylloceras alontinum, Calliphylloceras aveyronnense, Calliphylloceras benacense, Calliphylloceras bicicolae, Calliphylloceras capitanii, Calliphylloceras demidoffi, Calliphylloceras disputabile, Calliphylloceras freibrocki, Calliphylloceras jaraense, Calliphylloceras kochi, Calliphylloceras manfredi, Calliphylloceras nilssoni, Calliphylloceras propinquum, Calliphylloceras seroplicatum, Calliphylloceras spadae, Phylloceras (Calliphylloceras) freibrocki
Type specimen: USNM 130138, a shell. Its type locality is Alaska, Kennicott Formation, USGS Mes. loc. 9492, which is in an Albian marginal marine sandstone in Alaska.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 39.0
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (4: British Columbia collections), United States (2: Alaska)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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