Discamphiceras tipperi Frebold 1967 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Psiloceratidae

Full reference: H. Frebold. 1967. Hettangian ammonite faunas of the Taseko Lakes area British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 158:1-35

Belongs to Discamphiceras according to H. Frebold 1967

Sister taxa: Discamphiceras antiquum, Discamphiceras kammerkaroides, Discamphiceras ornatum, Discamphiceras pleuronotum, Discamphiceras reissi, Discamphiceras silberlingi, Discamphiceras submesogenos

Type specimen: GSC 19926, a shell. Its type locality is GSC 62477, Tyaughton Creek, which is in an Angulata marine siliciclastic in the Last Creek Formation of Canada.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 63.0

Distribution: found only at GSC 62477, Tyaughton Creek

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