Praeleptosphinctes Westermann 1956 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Alternative spelling: Leptosphinctes (Praeleptosphinctes)

Parent taxon: Leptosphinctinae according to G. E. G. Westermann and A. C. Riccardi 1982

Sister taxa: Leptosphinctes, Lobosphinctes, Planisphinctes, Stephanosphinctes, Vermisphinctes

Subtaxa: Praeleptosphinctes jaworskii

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Type: Leptosphinctes (Praeleptosphinctes) jaworskii

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Locality 18, section XII, horizon 2, Cerro Tricolor (Jurassic of Argentina)

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