Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Phymatoceratidae
Full reference: J. Gabilly. 1976. Évolution et systématique des Phymatoceratinae et des Grammoceratinae (Hildocerataceae Ammonitina) de la région de Thouars, stratotype du Toarcien. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France, Nouvelle Série 124:1-196
Belongs to Denckmannia according to J. Gabilly 1976
Sister taxa: Phymatoceras aequale, Phymatoceras comense, Phymatoceras elegans, Phymatoceras jardense, Phymatoceras lilli, Phymatoceras narbonense, Phymatoceras robustum, Denckmannia malagma, Denckmannia pseuderbaensis, Denckmannia pustulosa, Denckmannia crassicosta, Denckmannia fabalis, Denckmannia erbaensis, Denckmannia obliquata, Denckmannia rudis, Denckmannia robusta, Denckmannia tumefacta, Denckmannia orbignyi, Praerycites civitellensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Beausoleil, near Thorigné, bed 7, which is in a Variabilis carbonate limestone in France
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 69.7
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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