Zuluscaphites orycteropusi Van Hoepen 1955 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Flickiidae

Synonyms: Huescarites companyi Latil 1990, Salaziceras (Salaziceras) breistrofferi Scholz 1979

Full reference: E. C. N. Van Hoepen. 1955. New and little known ammonites from the Albian of Zululand. South African Journal of Science 51:355-361

Belongs to Zuluscaphites according to O. Szives 2007

See also Kennedy and Klinger 1993, Latil 1990 and Van Hoepen 1955

Sister taxon: Zuluscaphites helveticus

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Zuluscaphites orycteropusi in the database

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