Pseudaspidoceras footeanum Stolickzka 1864 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Alternative combinations: Ammonites footeanus, Pseudaspidoceras footeanus, Pseudoaspidoceras footeanum

Synonyms: Ammonites pedroanus White 1887, Pseudaspidoceras pedroanum White 1887

Belongs to Pseudaspidoceras according to M. Wilmsen and E. Nagm 2014

See also Bengtson 1983, Chancellor 1982, Howarth 1985, Ifrim and Stinnesbeck 2007, Kennedy and Simmons 1991, Kennedy et al. 1987, Maury 1936, Reyment 1954 and Wilmsen and Nagm 2013

Sister taxa: Pseudaspidoceras armatum, Pseudaspidoceras barberi, Pseudaspidoceras conciliatum, Pseudaspidoceras curvicostatum, Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum, Pseudaspidoceras paganum, Pseudaspidoceras pseudonodosoides, Pseudaspidoceras reesidei, Pseudaspidoceras tassaraensis

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 144.9

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Brazil (3), Germany (3), Mexico (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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