Prionotropis hiltensis Anderson 1958 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1958. Upper Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast. Geological Society of America Memoir 71:1-378

Belongs to Prionotropis according to F. M. Anderson 1958

Sister taxa: Collignoniceras bravaisianum, Collignoniceras carolinum, Collignoniceras jorgenseni, Collignoniceras klamathensis, Collignoniceras percarinatum, Collignoniceras praecox, Collignoniceras vermilionense, Collignoniceras woollgari, Selwynoceras mexicanum, Prionotropis caurinus

Type specimen: CAS 33707.01, a shell. Its type locality is 3 miles north of Henley, which is in a Turonian marine siliciclastic in California.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 81.0

Distribution: found only at 3 miles north of Henley

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