Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
The spellings Zurcherella Casey 1954 and Zuercherella Casey 1954 are alternative spellings of the same name. The original source uses an umlaut (Zücherella), which is today conventionally anglicized as Zuecherella.
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Full reference: R. Casey. 1954. New genera and subgenera of Lower Cretaceous ammonites. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 44:106-115
Parent taxon: Uhligellinae according to J. L. Latil et al. 2023
See also Arkell et al. 1957, Delamette et al. 1997, Latil et al. 2023, Sepkoski 2002, Szives 2007 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Boliteceras, Brewericeras, Cophinoceras, Grantziceras, Leconteites, Pseudorbulites, Roberticeras, Uhligella
Subtaxa: Zuercherella zuercheri
Type: Desmoceras zuercheri
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (5: California), Venezuela (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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