Platypleuroceras rotundum Quenstedt 1845 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Alternative combinations: Ammonites rotundus, Crucilobiceras rotundum

Belongs to Platypleuroceras according to C. Meister and J. G. Friebe 2003

See also Alkaya and Meister 1995 and Meister 1986

Sister taxa: Platypleuroceras brevispina, Platypleuroceras caprarium, Platypleuroceras oblongum, Platypleuroceras orbis, Platypleuroceras submuticum, Platypleuroceras tenuilobus, Platypleuroceras valdaniforme

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 52.0

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Austria (2 collections), France (2), Spain (2), Türkiye (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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