Mathoceras celestinae Barragán and Szives 2007 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Deshayesitidae

Full reference: R. Barragán and O. Szives. 2007. New records of Mathoceras Casey (Deshayesitidae, Ammonoidea) from the Aptian (Lower Cretaceous) of Mexico and Hungary: Biostratigraphic and paleobiogeographic implications. Geobios 40:21-30

Belongs to Mathoceras according to R. Barragán and O. Szives 2007

Sister taxa: Mathoceras caribense, Mathoceras laeve, Mathoceras matho, Mathoceras neoleonensis, Mathoceras sucre, Mathoceras sumerensis, Mathoceras venezolanum

Type specimen: IGM 8414, a shell. Its type locality is Huasteca Canyon N.P., layer 8 [La Peña Fm], which is in an Aptian carbonate limestone/shale in Mexico.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 30.7

Distribution: found only at Huasteca Canyon N.P., layer 8 [La Peña Fm]

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