Metaderoceras gemmellaroi Levi 1896 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Eoderoceratidae

Alternative combination: Aegoceras gemmellaroi

Belongs to Metaderoceras according to C. Meister et al. 2011

See also Geczy and Meister 2007, Meister and Friebe 2003 and Rakús and Guex 2002

Sister taxa: Metaderoceras apertum, Metaderoceras brutum, Metaderoceras mouterdei, Metaderoceras muticum, Metaderoceras pseudomuticum, Metaderoceras spirale, Metaderoceras talkeetnaense, Metaderoceras venarense, Metaderoceras venustulum

Subtaxa: Metaderoceras gemmellaroi evolutum Metaderoceras gemmellaroi kondai

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 35.8

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Austria (3 collections), Canada (30: British Columbia), Hungary (9), Mexico (4), Morocco (4), Peru (5), Spain (1), Tunisia (7), United States (2: Nevada)

Total: 65 collections including 69 occurrences

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