Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Phricodoceratidae
Alternative combination: Omoderoceras latispira
Full reference: F. Venturi, C. Nannarone, and M. Bilotta. 2005. Early Pliensbachian ammonites from the Furlo Pass (Marche, Italy): two new faunas for the middle-western Tethys. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 44:81-115
Belongs to Villania according to M. K. Howarth 2013
See also Venturi et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Villania callomoni, Villania densilobata, Villania galaczi, Villania kopeki, Villania rollieri, Coeloderoceras dubium, Coeloderoceras anatolicum, Coeloderoceras ponticum, Epideroceras lorioli, Epideroceras beggingensis, Epideroceras steinmanni, Epideroceras heberti, Epideroceras (Pseuduptonia), Epideroceras roberti, Epideroceras grande, Epideroceras defluxum, Epideroceras keindeli, Epideroceras latinodosum, Epideroceras nodofissum, Epideroceras transiens
Type specimen: USP Fu1E01. Its type locality is Fu1, Furlo Pass (Grilli Quarry), which is in a Jamesoni slope floatstone in Italy.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 15.7
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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