Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sonniniidae
Alternative spelling: Ammonites (Dorsetensia)
Parent taxon: Witchelliinae according to J. Sandoval 2022
See also Arkell 1952, Crick 1894, Howarth 2013 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Asthenoceras, Fontannesia, Guhsania, Newmarracarroceras, Witchellia
Subtaxa: Dorsetensia arabica Dorsetensia edouardiana Dorsetensia hannoverana Dorsetensia hebridica Dorsetensia liostraca Dorsetensia pinguis Dorsetensia regrediens Dorsetensia romani Dorsetensia tessoniana
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), Chile (2), China (1), Germany (2), Saudi Arabia (11), Spain (1), Tunisia (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 21 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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