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†Dactylioceras crassescens Simpson 1855 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Dactylioceratidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites crassescens

Belongs to Dactylioceras according to M. K. Howarth 1962

Sister taxa: Dactylioceras (Dactylioceras), Dactylioceras (Eodactylites), Dactylioceras (Iranodactylites), Dactylioceras (Orthodactylites), Dactylioceras acanthus, Dactylioceras alpestre, Dactylioceras amplum, Dactylioceras athleticum, Dactylioceras boreum, Dactylioceras commune, Dactylioceras consimile, Dactylioceras crassifactum, Dactylioceras crassiusculum, Dactylioceras holandrei, Dactylioceras kanense, Dactylioceras praepositum, Dactylioceras suntarense, Dactylioceras temperatum, Dactylioceras toxophorum, Rakusites pruddeni

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Foreshore between Whitby and Saltwick Nab, bed 55 (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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