Phylloceras heterophyllum Sowerby 1820 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Alternative combinations: Ammonites heterophyllus, Phylloceras (Phylloceras) heterophyllus, Phylloceras heterophyllus

Belongs to Phylloceras according to Z. Kovács 2011

See also Alsen 2006, Howarth 1962, Jakobs 1997, Kennedy 1994, Murphy and Rodda 2006, Wright et al. 1996 and Wright and Kennedy 1984

Sister taxa: Phylloceras (Geyeroceras), Phylloceras (Gyrophylloceras), Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras), Phylloceras (Phylloceras), Phylloceras (Triphyllites), Phylloceras album, Phylloceras asperaense, Phylloceras bakeri, Phylloceras burckhardti, Phylloceras contrarium, Phylloceras cylindricoides, Phylloceras doderleinianum, Phylloceras duodecimsulcatum, Phylloceras empedoclis, Phylloceras gargantuum, Phylloceras glennense, Phylloceras guettardi, Phylloceras haloricum, Phylloceras hebertinum, Phylloceras hebertinus, Phylloceras insulare, Phylloceras isotypum, Phylloceras knoxvillense, Phylloceras kudernatschi, Phylloceras kunthi, Phylloceras lipoldi, Phylloceras lodaiense, Phylloceras meneghinii, Phylloceras micipsa, Phylloceras nilsoni, Phylloceras occiduale, Phylloceras persanense, Phylloceras psilomorphum, Phylloceras rouyanum, Phylloceras saxonicum, Phylloceras semistriatum, Phylloceras semisulcatum, Phylloceras seresitense, Phylloceras serum, Phylloceras shastalense, Phylloceras subplicatius, Phylloceras supraliasicum, Phylloceras timothyi, Phylloceras trifoliatum, Phylloceras vicarum

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): diameter 90.9

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), France (1), Germany (2), Hungary (20), Italy (12), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (7), the United Kingdom (19)

Total: 63 collections each including a single occurrence

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