Dimorphotoceras elegantulum McLearn 1939 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tibetitidae

Alternative combination: Pterotoceras elegantulum

Belongs to Dimorphotoceras according to E. T. Tozer 1994

Sister taxa: Dimorphotoceras abnorme, Dimorphotoceras arctum, Dimorphotoceras caurinum, Dimorphotoceras ursinum

Type specimen: GSC 9413. Its type locality is GSC 9836, Brown Hill, which is in a Lacian marine siliciclastic in the Pardonet Formation of Canada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 23.2

Distribution: found only at GSC 9836, Brown Hill

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