Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Dactylioceratidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites communis
Synonyms: Dactylioceras absimile Dagys 1968, Dactylioceras circumactum Dagys 1968
Full reference: J. Sowerby. 1815. The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. Parts IXX to XX. The mineral conchology of Great Britain 2(19-20):1-28
Belongs to Dactylioceras according to V. P. Devyatov et al. 2005
See also Howarth 1962 and Kutygin and Knyazev 2000
Sister taxa: Dactylioceras (Dactylioceras), Dactylioceras (Eodactylites), Dactylioceras (Iranodactylites), Dactylioceras (Orthodactylites), Dactylioceras acanthus, Dactylioceras alpestre, Dactylioceras amplum, Dactylioceras athleticum, Dactylioceras boreum, Dactylioceras consimile, Dactylioceras crassescens, Dactylioceras crassifactum, Dactylioceras crassiusculum, Dactylioceras holandrei, Dactylioceras kanense, Dactylioceras praepositum, Dactylioceras suntarense, Dactylioceras temperatum, Dactylioceras toxophorum, Rakusites pruddeni
Type specimens:
- Dactylioceras commune: BMNH 43895a, b
- Dactylioceras absimile:
- Dactylioceras circumactum:
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 24.1
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (16: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon collections), Chile (2), France (8), Germany (1), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (1), the United Kingdom (14), United States (2: Alaska)
Total: 47 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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