Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
Full reference: W. J. Kennedy, W. A. Cobban, and N. H. Landman. 2001. A revision of the Turonian members of the ammonite subfamily Collignoniceratinae from the United States Western Interior and Gulf Coast. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 267:1-148
Belongs to Collignoniceras according to W. J. Kennedy et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Collignoniceras bravaisianum, Collignoniceras carolinum, Collignoniceras klamathensis, Collignoniceras percarinatum, Collignoniceras praecox, Collignoniceras vermilionense, Collignoniceras woollgari, Selwynoceras mexicanum, Prionotropis hiltensis, Prionotropis caurinus
Type specimen: USNM 498249, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Loc. D13834, Fall River Co. [Carlile Shale], which is in a Turonian marine shale in the Carlile Shale Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: South Dakota collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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