Hyattoceras turgidum Gemmellaro 1887 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Hyattoceratidae

Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1887. La Fauna dei Calcari con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo, Fasc. 1 - Ammonoidea. Giornale di Scienze Naturali e Economiche 19:1-106

Belongs to Hyattoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Bogoslovskaya 1990 and Gemmellaro 1887

Sister taxa: Hyattoceras abichi, Hyattoceras anfuense, Hyattoceras compressus, Hyattoceras geinitzi, Hyattoceras guembeli, Hyattoceras simple, Hyattoceras subgeinitzi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rupe del Passo di Burgio, calcare compatto, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 24.0

Distribution: found only at Rupe del Passo di Burgio, calcare compatto, Sosio

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