Unipeltoceras Jeannet 1951 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Full reference: A. Jeannet. 1951. Stratigraphie und Palaeontologie des oolithischen Eisenerzlagers von Herznach und seiner Umgebung. Beiträge zur Geologie der Schweiz, Geotechnische Serie 13(5):1-240

Parent taxon: Peltoceratinae according to A. Jeannet 1951

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Gregoryceras, Parapeltoceras, Peltoceras, Peltoceratoides, Peltoraspailites, Prieserites, Pseudogregoryceras, Raspailites, Rursiceras

Subtaxa: Unipeltoceras katharinae Unipeltoceras unispinosum

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Type: Ammonites unispinosus

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Herznach mine, bed C.2 (Frei collection) (Jurassic of Switzerland)

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