Palermoceras burgensis Gemmellaro 1888 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Palermoceratidae

Alternative combinations: Adrianites (Hoffmannia) burgensis, Hoffmannia burgensis

Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1888. La Fauna dei Calcari Con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo, Appendice. Giornale di Scienze Naturali e Economiche 20:1-26

Belongs to Palermoceras according to W. M. Furnish et al. 2009

See also Gemmellaro 1888 and Leonova 2002

Sister taxa: Palermoceras hoffmanni, Hoffmannia fisheri, Hoffmannia hoffmanni

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

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

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