†Kheraiceras varicostatum Imlay 1953 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tulitidae
Full reference: R. W. Imlay. 1953. Callovian (Jurassic) ammonites from the United States and Alaska Part 2. Alaska Peninsula and Cook Inlet regions. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 249-B:41-108
Belongs to Kheraiceras according to R. W. Imlay 1953
Sister taxa: Bullatimorphites (Kheraiceras) bullatus, Kheraiceras (Bomburites), Kheraiceras (Kheraiceras)
Type specimen: USNM 108050, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 20760, Iniskin Peninsula, which is in a Callovian marine siliciclastic in the Chinitna Formation of Alaska.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at USGS Mesozoic 20760, Iniskin Peninsula
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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