Foetterleiceras Rakús and Guex 2002 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Phricodoceratidae

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: Phricodoceratidae according to M. K. Howarth 2013

Sister taxa: Capreoliceras, Phricodoceras, Pseudophricodoceras, Pseuduptonia, Villania

Subtaxa: Foetterleiceras foetterlei Foetterleiceras salmojraghii

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Type: Ammonites foetterlei

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Jebel Oust East, Roman quarry, bed 7 (lower) (Jurassic of Tunisia)

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