Coilopoceras jenksi Benavides-Caceres 1956 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Coilopoceratidae

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 Coilopoceras according to V.E. Benavides-Caceres 1956

Sister taxa: Coilopoceras colleti, Coilopoceras discoideum, Coilopoceras grossouvrei, Coilopoceras hyatti, Coilopoceras inflatum, Coilopoceras newelli, Coilopoceras requienianum, Coilopoceras springeri, Coilopoceras zihoricum

Type specimen: AMNH 27882/3.1, a shell

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 126.4

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Peru (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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