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 (Barroisiceras) according to V.E. Benavides-Caceres 1956
Sister taxa: Barroisiceras (Barroisiceras) haberfellneri, Barroisiceras (Barroisiceras) onilahyense
Type specimen: AMNH 27886:1, a shell. Its type locality is Bed 69, Section 4 - Celendín [Celendín Fm], which is in a Turonian coastal shale in the Celendín Formation of Peru.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 87.9
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Peru (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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