Paltechioceras romanicum Uhlig 1900 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Echioceratidae

Alternative combinations: Arietites romanicus, Vermiceras romanicum

Synonyms: Arietites boesei Uhlig 1900, Arietites herbichi Uhlig 1900, Arietites orientale Pia 1913, Arietites waehneri Uhlig 1900, Paltechioceras boesei Uhlig 1900, Vermiceras boesei Uhlig 1900

Belongs to Paltechioceras according to B. A. Zaitsev and A. P. Ippolitov 2023

See also Alkaya and Meister 1995, Blau 1998, Bremer 1965 and Geczy and Meister 2007

Sister taxa: Paltechioceras anomalum, Paltechioceras aureolum, Paltechioceras boehmi, Paltechioceras burckhardti, Paltechioceras charpentieri, Paltechioceras elicitum, Paltechioceras favrei, Paltechioceras flexicostatum, Paltechioceras hierlatzicum, Paltechioceras liciense, Paltechioceras meisteri, Paltechioceras mexicanum, Paltechioceras nobile, Paltechioceras oosteri, Paltechioceras recticostatum, Paltechioceras rothpletzi, Paltechioceras studeri, Euechioceras exoletum

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 38.1

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Austria (1 collection), Canada (1: British Columbia), Hungary (2), Morocco (2), Turkey (5), Ukraine (1)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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