Dipoloceras cristatum Brongniart 1822 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae

Alternative combinations: Ammonites cristatus, Dipoloceras (Dipoloceras) cristatum

Synonym: Dipoloceras fredericksburgense Scott 1928

Full reference: A. Brongniart. 1822. Sur quelques terrains de Craie hors du Bassin de Paris. In G. Cuvier and A. Brongniart, Description Géologique des Environs de Paris (3rd edition). Dufour et d'Ocagne, Paris 80-101

Belongs to Dipoloceras according to A. Tajika et al. 2018

See also Bulot et al. 2005, El Qot 2018, Förster 1975, Hyatt 1900, Kennedy et al. 1999, Marcinowski and Wiedmann 1990, Reyment 1955, Scott 1928 and Spath 1921

Sister taxa: Dipoloceras (Dipoloceras), Dipoloceras (Rhytidoceras), Dipoloceras equicostatum, Dipoloceras pseudaon, Dipoloceras quadratum, Dipoloceras rectangulare, Dipoloceras symmetricum

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), Ecuador (1), Egypt (2), France (5), Madagascar (2), Mozambique (1), Nigeria (2), Switzerland (1)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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