Eleganticeras elegantulum Young and Bird 1828 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites elegantulus

Synonyms: Ammonites ovatulus Simpson 1855, Ammonites rugatulus Simpson 1855, Ammonites similis Simpson 1843, Eleganticeras pseudoelegans Buckman 1913, Eleganticeras rugatulum Simpson 1855

Belongs to Eleganticeras according to M. Bécaud 2006

See also Howarth 1962 and Howarth 1992

Sister taxa: Eleganticeras elegans, Eleganticeras exaratum

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): diameter 37.3, shell diameter 199.5

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Bulgaria (1 collection), France (3), Germany (2), Spain (13), the United Kingdom (15)

Total: 34 collections including 43 occurrences

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