Knemiceras syriacum Von Buch 1848 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Knemiceratidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites syriacus

Full reference: L. Von Buch. 1848. Über Ceratiten. Physikalische, Mathematische Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin for 1848 1-30

Belongs to Knemiceras according to O. F. Geyer et al. 1997

See also Benavides-Caceres 1956, Böhm 1898 and Kennedy and Simmons 1991

Sister taxa: Knemiceras (Iranoknemiceras), Knemiceras (Omaimaiceras), Knemiceras aegyptiacum, Knemiceras arambourgi, Knemiceras compressum, Knemiceras deserti, Knemiceras douvillei, Knemiceras dubertreti, Knemiceras flexiloculosum, Knemiceras gracile, Knemiceras gracilecostatum, Knemiceras iraniense, Knemiceras kazhdumiense, Knemiceras lanceolatum, Knemiceras libertadense, Knemiceras multicostatum, Knemiceras saadense, Knemiceras sagetae, Knemiceras saharae, Knemiceras spathi, Knemiceras subcomplicatum, Knemiceras subcompressum, Knemiceras toussainti, Knemiceras tunisiense, Knemiceras uhligi

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 53.0

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Egypt (2 collections), Peru (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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