Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Full reference: L. M. Longridge, J. Pálfy, P. L. Smith and H. W. Tipper. 2008. Middle and late Hettangian (Early Jurassic) ammonites from the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada. Revue de Paleobiologie, Geneve 27(1):191-248
Belongs to Pleuroacanthites according to L. M. Longridge et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Pleuroacanthites biformis, Pleuroacanthites mulleri, Pleuroacanthites psilomorphum, Parapsiloceras polycyclus, Parapsiloceras calliphyllum
Type specimen: GSC 129142, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): diameter 29.1
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (3: British Columbia collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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