†Hoplitoides latefundatus Zaborski 1987 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Coilopoceratidae
Full reference: P. M. P. Zaborski. 1987. Lower Turonian (Cretaceous) ammonites from south-east Nigeria. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Geol.) 41(2):31-66
Belongs to Hoplitoides according to P. M. P. Zaborski 1987
Sister taxa: Hoplitoides crassicostatus, Hoplitoides gibbosulus, Hoplitoides ingens, Hoplitoides koeneni, Hoplitoides latesellatus, Hoplitoides mirabilis, Hoplitoides sandovalensis, Hoplitoides solgeri, Hoplitoides wohltmanni
Type specimen: BMNH C.90302, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lokpanta, northerly cutting [Eze-Aku Fm] (Cretaceous of Nigeria)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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