Tropidoceras ellipticum Sowerby 1815 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites ellipticus

Full reference: J. Sowerby. 1815. The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. Parts XV to XVIII. The mineral conchology of Great Britain 1(15-18):179-234

Belongs to Tropidoceras according to H. Bremer 1965

See also Spath 1928

Sister taxa: Tropidoceras actaeon, Tropidoceras atuelense, Tropidoceras calliplocoides, Tropidoceras calliplocum, Tropidoceras demonense, Tropidoceras erythraeum, Tropidoceras flandrini, Tropidoceras frischmanni, Tropidoceras futtereri, Tropidoceras hamulatum, Tropidoceras heterogeneum, Tropidoceras masseanum, Tropidoceras mediterraneum, Tropidoceras rotundum, Tropidoceras rursicosta, Tropidoceras semilaevis, Tropidoceras stahli, Tropidoceras stahliforme, Tropidoceras zitteli

Type specimen: BMNH 43957

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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