†Neosilesites (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Silesitidae
Synonym: Neposiella
Parent taxon: Silesitidae according to O. Szives 2007
See also Kiessling 2009, Sepkoski 2002 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Miyakoceras, Neoastieria, Piatnitzkyceras, Silesites
Subtaxa: Neosilesites nepos
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Egypt (4), France (1), Madagascar (4)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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