†Benueites trinidadensis Renz 1982 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Full reference: O. Renz. 1982. The Cretaceous ammonites of Venezuela 1-132
Belongs to Benueites according to O. Renz 1982
Sister taxa: Benueites benueensis, Benueites mosquerae, Benueites reymenti
Type specimen: Its type locality is Plaisance Conglomerate, San Fernando Fm, which is in a Turonian marine conglomerate in the San Fernando Formation of Trinidad and Tobago
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Venezuela (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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