Spitidiscus kilapiae Rawson and Aguirre-Urreta 2012 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Holcodiscidae

Full reference: P. F. Rawson and M. B. Aguirre-Urreta. 2012. Lower Cretaceous ammonites from the Neuquén Basin, Argentina: The Hauterivian genus Spitidiscus. Cretaceous Research 33:97-105

Belongs to Spitidiscus according to P. F. Rawson and M. B. Aguirre-Urreta 2012

Sister taxa: Holcodiscus (Spitidiscus) escragnollensis, Holcodiscus (Spitidiscus) gibbosulus, Spitidiscus fasciger, Spitidiscus intermedius, Spitidiscus meneghinii, Spitidiscus oregonensis, Spitidiscus riccardii, Spitidiscus rotula, Spitidiscus simitiensis

Type specimen: CPBA 20022.5, a shell

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): diameter 45.7

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (9 collections)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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