Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae
Alternative combination: Pelingoceras pseudocarinatum
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 Gemmellaroceras according to M. K. Howarth 2013
See also Venturi et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Gemmellaroceras aenigmaticum, Gemmellaroceras alloplocum, Gemmellaroceras circumcrispatum, Gemmellaroceras cortesei, Gemmellaroceras gemmellaroi, Gemmellaroceras granuliferum, Gemmellaroceras involutum, Gemmellaroceras mazzettii, Gemmellaroceras subtilicostatum, Leptonotoceras abnorme, Leptonotoceras emersoni
Type specimen: USP Fu1Pe01. 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 11.5
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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