Tropaeum imperator Howchin and Whitehouse 1928 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae

Full reference: W. Howchin and F. W. Whitehouse. 1928. A new and very large crioceratid ammonoid from the Cretaceous of Central Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum 3(4):483-492

Belongs to Tropaeum according to W. Howchin and F. W. Whitehouse 1928

Sister taxa: Tropaeum (Ancylotropaeum), Tropaeum (Epitropaeum), Tropaeum (Tropaeum), Tropaeum antarcticum, Tropaeum arcticum, Tropaeum australe, Tropaeum caseyi, Tropaeum hillsi, Tropaeum irregulare, Tropaeum jackii, Tropaeum lampros, Tropaeum leptum, Tropaeum percostatum, Tropaeum subarcticum, Tropaeum subsimbirskense, Australiceras gracile, Australiceras (Proaustraliceras), Australiceras mozambiquense, Australiceras argus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Arkeringa Creek, Oodnadatta, which is in an Albian marine horizon in Australia

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Arkeringa Creek, Oodnadatta

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