Tissotia hedbergi Benavides-Caceres 1956 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tissotiidae

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 Tissotia according to V.E. Benavides-Caceres 1956

Sister taxa: Tissotia awguensis, Tissotia ewaldi, Tissotia fourneli, Tissotia globosa, Tissotia halli, Tissotia latelobata, Tissotia polygona, Tissotia steinmanni, Tissotia tissoti

Type specimen: AMNH 27893, a shell

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 48.2

Distribution: found only at Bed 69, Section 4 - Celendín [Celendín Fm] (Cretaceous of Peru)

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