Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hammatoceratidae
Full reference: G. E. G. Westermann and A. C. Riccardi. 1982. Ammonoid fauna from the Early Middle Jurassic of Mendoza Province, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 56(1):11-41
Belongs to Planammatoceras (Pseudaptetoceras) according to G. E. G. Westermann and A. C. Riccardi 1982
Sister taxa: Planammatoceras (Pseudaptetoceras) moerickei, Pseudaptetoceras amaltheiforme, Pseudaptetoceras klimakomphalum
Type specimen: MLP 14446, a shell. Its type locality is Locality 8, Cerro Tricolor, Mendoza, which is in a Concavum marine shale in Argentina.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 83.1
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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