Denckmannia orbignyi Gabilly 1976 (ammonite)

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, Praerycites civitellensis, Denckmannia fabalis, Denckmannia tumefacta, Denckmannia rudis, Denckmannia pseuderbaensis, Denckmannia obliquata, Denckmannia erbaensis, Denckmannia fortecostata, Denckmannia pustulosa, Denckmannia robusta, Denckmannia crassicosta, Denckmannia malagma

Type specimen: Its type locality is Thouars (d'Orbigny collection), which is in a Thouarsense carbonate limestone in France

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 119.5

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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