Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Dactylioceratidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites raquinianus
Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1845. Paléontologie Française - Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux mollusques et rayonnés fossiles de France - Terrains jurassiques. [Céphalopodes]. 1(Lvr 28-33):313-368
Belongs to Catacoeloceras according to D. Delsate and R. Weis 2010
See also Guex 1972 and Schulbert 2001
Sister taxa: Catacoeloceras broilii, Catacoeloceras confectum, Catacoeloceras crassum, Catacoeloceras dumortieri, Catacoeloceras engeli, Catacoeloceras fonticulum, Catacoeloceras grangei, Catacoeloceras jordani, Catacoeloceras prorsiradiatum, Transicoeloceras viallii
Type specimen: MNHN.F.R01463
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 21.2
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (10 collections), Germany (10), Iran (1), Luxembourg (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 23 collections including 25 occurrences
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