Acrochordiceras dimidiatum Waagen 1895 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Acrochordiceratidae

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323

Belongs to Acrochordiceras according to W. Waagen 1895

Sister taxa: Acrochordiceras (Acrochordiceras), Acrochordiceras carolinae, Acrochordiceras damesi, Acrochordiceras endrissi, Acrochordiceras hatschekii, Acrochordiceras haueri, Acrochordiceras hyatti, Acrochordiceras lingyunense, Acrochordiceras pacificum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Siranki-Dok, Upper Ceratite Limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian coastal sandstone in the Upper Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 78.0

Distribution: found only at Siranki-Dok, Upper Ceratite Limestone, Salt Range

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