Falloticeras proteus d'Orbigny 1842 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae

Alternative combinations: Ammonites proteus, Mojsisoviczia proteus

Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1842. Paléontologie française: Terrains crétacés. 1. Céphalopodes. Masson, Paris 431-662

Belongs to Falloticeras according to W. J. Kennedy and H. C. Klinger 2012

See also d'Orbigny 1842, Gebhardt 1983, Kennedy and Cooper 1977, Parona and Bonarelli 1897 and Wright et al. 1996

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 17.0

Distribution: found only at Locality 51, north of Hluhluwe, Bed 1 (Cretaceous of South Africa)

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