†Veracruciceras Cantu-Chapa 2006 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Simoceratidae
Full reference: A. Cantu-Chapa. 2006. New Upper Tithonian (Jurassic) Ammonites from the Chinameca Fomation in South Veracruz, Eastern Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 80(2):294-308
Parent taxon: Simoceratidae according to A. Cantu-Chapa 2006
Sister taxa: Simoceratinae, Volanoceras
Subtaxa: Veracruciceras ruizi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at El Piedral, Chinameca village, southern Veracruz, Chinameca Fm, Upper Tithon (Jurassic of Mexico)
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