Pleurotexanites (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Parent taxon: Texanitinae according to C. W. Wright et al. 1996

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aneuretoceras, Bevahites, Cryptotexanites, Defordiceras, Menabites, Neogauthiericeras, Paratexanites, Protexanites, Reginaites, Submortoniceras, Texanites

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Locality 84, False Bay, Western Cape (Cretaceous of South Africa)

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