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 P. M. P. Zaborski 1985
See also Benavides-Caceres 1956
Sister taxa: Coilopoceras colleti, Coilopoceras discoideum, Coilopoceras grossouvrei, Coilopoceras hyatti, Coilopoceras inflatum, Coilopoceras jenksi, Coilopoceras requienianum, Coilopoceras springeri, Coilopoceras zihoricum
Type specimen: AMNH 27883/7, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 176.8
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Nigeria (1 collection), Peru (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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