Lissoceras oolithicum d'Orbigny 1846 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lissoceratidae

Alternative combinations: Ammonites oolithicus, Lissoceras (Lissoceras) oolithicum

Synonym: Lissoceras bakeri Imlay 1962

Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1846. Paléontologie Française - Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux mollusques et rayonnés fossiles de France - Terrains jurassiques. [Céphalopodes]. 1(Lvr 34-40):369-432

Belongs to Lissoceras according to A. Galácz 2017

See also Besnosov and Mitta 1993, Sandoval and Westermann 1986 and Zatoń 2010

Sister taxa: Lissoceras (Lissoceras), Lissoceras erato, Lissoceras ferrifex, Lissoceras haugi, Lissoceras jullieni, Lissoceras magnum, Lissoceras monachum, Lissoceras psilodiscus, Lissoceras rollieri, Lissoceras solitarium, Lissoceras ventriplanum, Lissoceras (Microlissoceras) pusillum, Lissoceras (Microlissoceras) minimum

Type specimens:

  • Lissoceras oolithicum: MNHN F. A03757.
  • Lissoceras bakeri:

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 27.0

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Egypt (1 collection), Germany (1), Kenya (1), Mexico (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), Turkmenistan (3)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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