Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Alternative combination: Cingolites clavatus
Full reference: S. Sassaroli and F. Venturi. 2010. Cingolites n. gen., a new lower Toarcian Hildoceratinae (Ammonitina) from the Marchean Apennines (Cingoli, Macerata, Italy). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 49:97-118
Belongs to Hildaites according to M. K. Howarth 2013
See also Sassaroli and Venturi 2010
Sister taxa: Hildaites (Hildaites), Hildaites (Martanites), Hildaites bisulcatus, Hildaites calamantis, Hildaites chatryi, Hildaites crassus, Hildaites evolutus, Hildaites exilis, Hildaites forte, Hildaites levisoni, Hildaites murleyi, Hildaites pionneaui, Hildaites planiventris, Hildaites pseudolevisoni, Hildaites sanderi, Hildaites serpentiniformis, Hildaites spiralis, Hildaites striatus, Hildaites subserpentinum, Hildaites subserpentinus, Hildaites wrighti, Cingolites picenus, Cingolites stefaninii
Type specimen: MSA 87. Its type locality is Marconessa quarry section 2, sample 6, which is in a Falciferum carbonate limestone in the Bugarone Formation of Italy.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): diameter 63.2
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Italy (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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