Amaltheus subnodosus Young and Bird 1828 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Liparoceratidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites subnodosus

Synonym: Ammonites nodosus Sowerby 1815 [replaced name]

Full reference: G.M. Young and J. Bird. 1828. A geological survey of the Yorkshire coast: describing the strata and fossils occurring between the Humber and the Tees, from the German ocean to the plain of York. Illustrated with numerous engravings. 2nd edition. 356 pp.-37 pls

Belongs to Amaltheus according to C. Meister 1986

See also Howarth 1955, Howarth 1956, Sowerby 1815 and Young and Bird 1828

Sister taxa: Amaltheus (Amaltheus), Amaltheus (Pseudoamaltheus), Amaltheus bifurcus, Amaltheus bondonniensis, Amaltheus gibbosus, Amaltheus margaritatus, Amaltheus orientalis, Amaltheus repressus, Amaltheus reticularis, Amaltheus salebrosum, Amaltheus stokesi, Amaltheus striatus, Amaltheus viligaensis

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (3 collections), Iran (1), the United Kingdom (9)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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