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]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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