Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Arietitidae
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 Alsatites according to D. G. Taylor 1998
Sister taxa: Alsatites bipartitus, Alsatites laqueus, Alsatites liasicus, Alsatites nigromontanus, Alsatites proaries
Type specimen: NWMNH 25037, a shell. Its type locality is Pamlico, Garfield Hills (assemblage D), which is in a Liasicus marine limestone in the Sunrise Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 43.4
Distribution: found only at Pamlico, Garfield Hills (assemblage D)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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