Bouleiceras marraticum Arkell 1952 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Full reference: W. J. Arkell. 1952. Jurassic ammonites from Jebel Tuwaiq, central Arabia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 236:241-313

Belongs to Bouleiceras according to O. F. Geyer 1965

See also Arkell 1952

Sister taxa: Bouleiceras (Colcanapites), Bouleiceras arabicum, Bouleiceras elegans, Bouleiceras nitescens, Bouleiceras rebillyi, Bouleiceras rectum, Bouleiceras rochi, Bouleiceras tumidum

Type specimen: SM F10669, a shell. Its type locality is Locality 55, Jafair Trail (Aramco S-1034), which is in a Tenuicostatum carbonate limestone in the Marrat Formation of Saudi Arabia.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (1 collection), Spain (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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