Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Knemiceratidae
Alternative combination: Placenticeras guadaloupaeforme
Full reference: L. Sommermeier. 1910. Die Fauna des Aptien und Albien im nördlichen Peru. Partie I. Cephalopoden. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläeontologie, Beilage-band 30:313-382
Belongs to Parengonoceras according to V.E. Benavides-Caceres 1956
Sister taxa: Parengonoceras algerianum, Parengonoceras bussoni, Parengonoceras caneroti, Parengonoceras champaraense, Parengonoceras chottensis, Parengonoceras duartei, Parengonoceras ebrayi, Parengonoceras haasi, Parengonoceras mahmoudi, Parengonoceras pernodosum, Parengonoceras roemeri, Parengonoceras ziczag
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Bed 71, Section 5 - Cajamarca (Chulec Fm) (Cretaceous of Peru)
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