Storthoceras garfieldense Taylor 1998 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Schlotheimiidae

Alternative combination: Saxoceras garfieldense

Full reference: D. G. Taylor. 1998. Late Hettangian-early Sinemurian (Jurassic) ammonite biochronology of the western Cordillera, United States. Geobios 31:467-497

Belongs to Storthoceras according to L. M. Longridge et al. 2008

Sister taxon: Storthoceras australe

Type specimen: NWMNH 25045, a shell

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): diameter 26.1, shell diameter 38.2

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Canada (10: British Columbia collections), United States (1: Nevada)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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