Meridiceras Hillebrandt 2006 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Coeloceratidae

Full reference: A. Hillebrandt. 2006. Ammoniten aus dem Pliensbachium (Carixium und Domerium) von Südamerika. Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 25:1-403

Parent taxon: Coeloceratidae according to M. K. Howarth 2013

See also Hillebrandt 2006

Sister taxa: Andicoeloceras, Apoderoceras, Bakonyceras, Coeloceras, Coeloceratinae, Miltoceras, Pimelites, Praesphaeroceras, Pseudoskirroceras, Tetraspidoceras, Zamaiceras

Subtaxa: Meridiceras amolanasense Meridiceras celericrescens Meridiceras densicostatum Meridiceras externum Meridiceras santanderi

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Type: Meridiceras externum

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Argentina (6 collections), Chile (14), Peru (4)

Total: 24 collections including 32 occurrences

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