Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Cardioceratidae
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 Cadoceras according to R. W. Imlay 1953
Sister taxa: Cadoceras (Bryocadoceras), Cadoceras (Pseudocadoceras), Cadoceras (Stenocadoceras), Cadoceras arcticum, Cadoceras bellabimba, Cadoceras bodylevskyi, Cadoceras comma, Cadoceras doroschini, Cadoceras falsum, Cadoceras glabrum, Cadoceras kialagvikense, Cadoceras milaschewici, Cadoceras pishmae, Cadoceras septentrionale, Cadoceras sublaeve, Cadoceras tenuicostatum, Cadoceras voronetsae, Cadoceras wosnessenskii
Type specimen: USNM 108068, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 12408, Wide Bay, which is in a Callovian marine siliciclastic in the Shelikof Formation of Alaska.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 79.0
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (5: Alaska collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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