Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae
Full reference: H. Parent, A. C. Garrido, G. Schweigert and A. Scherzinger. 2011. The Tithonian ammonite fauna and stratigraphy of Picun Leufu, southern Neuquen Basin, Argentina. Revue de Paleobiologie 30(1):45-104
Belongs to Catutosphinctes according to H. Parent et al. 2011
See also Garrido et al. 2018
Sister taxon: Catutosphinctes americanensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Picun Leufu River, bed PL-5, which is in a Tithonian shallow subtidal grainstone in the Vaca Muerta Formation of Argentina
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 65.0
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (10 collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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