Metaderoceras muticum d'Orbigny 1844 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Eoderoceratidae

Alternative combinations: Ammonites muticus, Crucilobiceras muticum

Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1844. Paléontologie Française - Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux mollusques et rayonnés fossiles de France - Terrains jurassiques. [Céphalopodes]. 1(Lvr 17-27):193-312

Belongs to Metaderoceras according to C. Meister and J. G. Friebe 2003

See also Alkaya and Meister 1995 and Bremer 1965

Sister taxa: Metaderoceras apertum, Metaderoceras brutum, Metaderoceras gemmellaroi, Metaderoceras mouterdei, Metaderoceras pseudomuticum, Metaderoceras spirale, Metaderoceras talkeetnaense, Metaderoceras venarense, Metaderoceras venustulum

Type specimen: MNHN.F.R01615

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Canada (7: British Columbia collections), France (1), Turkey (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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