Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Dactylioceratidae
Full reference: G. R. Stevens. 2008. Dactylioceratidae (Cephalopoda, Ammonoidea) from the Early Jurassic of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 51:317-330
Belongs to Catacoeloceras according to G. R. Stevens 2008
Sister taxa: Catacoeloceras broilii, Catacoeloceras confectum, Catacoeloceras crassum, Catacoeloceras dumortieri, Catacoeloceras engeli, Catacoeloceras fonticulum, Catacoeloceras jordani, Catacoeloceras prorsiradiatum, Catacoeloceras raquinianum, Transicoeloceras viallii
Type specimen: NZGS CE 324. Its type locality is GS 1194, Ururoa Point (R15/f8005), which is in an Ururoan marine mudstone in New Zealand.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 40.4
Distribution:
• Jurassic of New Zealand (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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