Oistoceras compressum Smith and Tipper 1996 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Liparoceratidae

Full reference: P. L. Smith and H. W. Tipper. 1996. Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) ammonites of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Bulletins of American Paleontology 108(348):1-122

Belongs to Oistoceras according to P. L. Smith and H. W. Tipper 1996

Sister taxa: Aegoceras (Oistoceras) colubrinum, Aegoceras (Oistoceras) curvicorne, Aegoceras (Oistoceras) orbignyi, Aegoceras (Oistoceras) samontaensis, Androgynoceras (Oistoceras) angulatum, Androgynoceras (Oistoceras) figulinum, Oistoceras crescens, Oistoceras wrighti

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Canada (5: British Columbia collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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