Zamaiceras Rakús and Guex 2002 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Coeloceratidae

Full reference: M. Rakús and J. Guex. 2002. Les ammonites du jurassique inférieur et moyen de la dorsal tunisienne. Mémoires de Géologie (Lausanne) 39:1-149

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

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

Subtaxa: Zamaiceras carinatum Zamaiceras mangoldi

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Type: Zamaiceras mangoldi

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Djebel Zaghouan, Mines of Djebel Staa, bed 5 (Jurassic of Tunisia)

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