Wrightoceras munieri Pervinquiére 1907

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pseudotissotidae

Alternative combinations: Bauchioceras (Wrightoceras) munieri, Hoplitoides munieri

Synonyms: Hoplitoides inca Benavides-Caceres 1956, Imlayiceras washbourni Leanza 1967, Proplacenticeras zeharense Collignon 1967

Belongs to Wrightoceras according to W. Ayoub-Hannaa and F. T. Fürsich 2012

See also Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy 2007, Benavides-Caceres 1956, Chancellor 1982, Chancellor et al. 1994, Kennedy et al. 2008, Kennedy et al. 1987, Meister et al. 2003, Renz 1982, Reyment 1954 and Zaborski 1987

Sister taxa: Wrightoceras llarenai, Wrightoceras submunieri, Herrickiceras costatus

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 54.4

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Egypt (1 collection), Gabon (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (3), Nigeria (1), Peru (4), Spain (1), Tunisia (2), United States (2: Texas), Venezuela (1)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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