Puchenquia (Gerthiceras) compressa Westermann and Riccardi 1982 (ammonite)

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 Puchenquia (Gerthiceras) according to G. E. G. Westermann and A. C. Riccardi 1982

Sister taxon: Puchenquia (Gerthiceras) mendozana

Type specimen: MLP 14573, a shell. Its type locality is Locality 823, Rio Potimalal, Mendoza, which is in a Murchisonae transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in Argentina.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 97.0

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Argentina (3 collections), Chile (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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