†Barroisiceras (Forresteria) basseae Benavides-Caceres 1956 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
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 Barroisiceras (Forresteria) according to V.E. Benavides-Caceres 1956
Sister taxa: Forresteria (Forresteria), Forresteria (Harleites), Forresteria forresteri, Forresteria pitalensis, Forresteria stantoni
Type specimen: AMNH 27888, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 94.0
Distribution: found only at Bed 144, Cajamarca section (Cretaceous of Peru)
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