Yvesgalleticeras raphaeli Guex et al. 2010 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Columbitidae

Full reference: J. Guex, A. Hungerbühler, J. F. Jenks, L. O'Dogherty, V. Atudorei, D. G. Taylor, H. Bucher and A. Bartolini. 2010. Spathian (Lower Triassic) ammonoids from western USA (Idaho, California, Utah and Nevada). Mémoires de Géologie (Lausanne) 49:1-82

Belongs to Yvesgalleticeras according to J. Guex et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Yvesgalleticeras montpelierense, Yvesgalleticeras proximus

Type specimen: JGX-26. Its type locality is Hot Springs JGX-HS6, Bear Lake, which is in a Spathian deep-water shale in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 33.0

Distribution: found only at Hot Springs JGX-HS6, Bear Lake

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