†Tissotia hedbergi Benavides-Caceres 1956 (ammonite)
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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 - CelendÃn [CelendÃn Fm] (Cretaceous of Peru)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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