Adkinsia knikerae Young 1979 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Flickiidae

Full reference: K. Young. 1979. Lower Cenomanian and Late Albian (Cretaceous) ammonites, especially Lyelliceridae, or Texas and Mexico. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 26:1-99

Belongs to Adkinsia according to K. Young 1979

Sister taxon: Adkinsia bosquensis

Type specimen: UT-17388, a shell. Its type locality is 29th St and Shoal Creek [Buda Limestone], which is in a Cenomanian marine limestone in the Buda Limestone Formation of Texas.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at 29th St and Shoal Creek [Buda Limestone]

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