Perisphinctes choffati Dacque 1905 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Full reference: E. Dacque. 1905. Beiträge zur Geologie des Somalilandes, 2. Teil. Oberer Jura [Contributions to the geology of Somaliland, Part 2. Upper Jurassic]. Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 17:119-160

Belongs to Perisphinctes according to E. Dacque 1905

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Atschabo, which is in a Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone in Ethiopia

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Atschabo

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