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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