Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pericyclidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites princeps
Belongs to Ammonellipsites according to S. C. Matthews 1970
Sister taxa: Ammonellipsites asiaticus, Ammonellipsites clitheroensis, Ammonellipsites conradae, Ammonellipsites djaprakensis, Ammonellipsites doohylensis, Ammonellipsites funatus, Ammonellipsites grandicostatus, Ammonellipsites hauchecornei, Ammonellipsites kayseri, Ammonellipsites kochi, Ammonellipsites menchikoffi, Ammonellipsites multicostatus, Ammonellipsites nikitini, Ammonellipsites pareyni, Ammonellipsites serus, Ammonellipsites sguilmensis, Ammonellipsites subglaber
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 4.77
Distribution: found only at Viverdon Down, SE of Callington, Cornwall (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)
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