Thomasites fischeri Benavides-Caceres 1956 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae

Full reference: V.E. Benavides-Caceres. 1956. Cretaceous system in northern Peru. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 108(4):1-493

Belongs to Thomasites according to V.E. Benavides-Caceres 1956

Sister taxa: Thomasites adkinsi, Thomasites gongilensis, Thomasites koulabicus, Thomasites rollandi, Thomasites wallsi

Type specimen: AMNH 27880.3, a shell. Its type locality is Bed 24, Tembladera section, which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone in Peru.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 77.5

Distribution: found only at Bed 24, Tembladera section

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