Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Himalayitidae
Full reference: H. M. Verma and G. E. G. Westermann. 1973. The Tithonian (Jurassic) ammonite fauna of Sierra Catorce, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Bulletins of American Paleontology 63(277):107-320
Belongs to Corongoceras according to R. Myczynski 1989
See also Verma and Westermann 1973
Sister taxa: Corongoceras alternans, Corongoceras duraznense, Corongoceras evolutum, Corongoceras filicostatum, Corongoceras lotenoense, Corongoceras mendozanum, Corongoceras submendozanum
Type specimen: McM J 1517/42, a shell. Its type locality is Locality 25 (McM-J1517), La Leona, Sierra Catorce, which is in a Tithonian carbonate limestone in the La Caja Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (1 collection), Cuba (1), Mexico (6)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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