Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae
Full reference: H. Parent. 1998. Upper Bathonian and lower Callovian ammonites from Chacay Melehué (Argentina). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 43:69-130
Belongs to Iniskinites according to H. Parent 1998
Sister taxa: Iniskinites abruptus, Iniskinites andinus, Iniskinites cepoides, Iniskinites crassus, Iniskinites intermedius, Iniskinites magniformus, Iniskinites martini
Type specimen: LPB 229, a shell. Its type locality is Chacay Melehué, bed 0, which is in a Bathonian deep-water shale in the Los Molles Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 94.0
Distribution: found only at Chacay Melehué, bed 0
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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