Metophioceras galaczi Geczy and Meister 2007 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Arietitidae

Full reference: B. Geczy and C. Meister. 2007. Les ammonites du Sinémurien et du Pliensbachien inférieur de la montagne du Bakony (Hongrie). Revue de Paléobiologie 26(1):137-305

Belongs to Metophioceras according to B. Geczy and C. Meister 2007

Sister taxa: Vermiceras (Gyrophioceras), Vermiceras (Paracaloceras), Vermiceras (Vermiceras), Vermiceras densicostatum, Vermiceras spiratissimum, Metophioceras janus, Metophioceras conybeari, Metophioceras gracile, Metophioceras bonnardii, Metophioceras rotticus, Metophioceras trigonatum, Metophioceras rotarium, Protocymbites azzouzi

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 112.0

Distribution: found only at Lókút, Bakony Mts., bed No. 100b (Jurassic of Hungary)

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