Praegravesia rolkei Zeiss 1987 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aulacostephanidae

Full reference: A. Zeiss. 1987. Taxonomic names, in Zwei neue Gravesienfunde (Ammonoidea) aus dem Mittleren Kimmeridge von Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen (Praegravesia rolkei nov. gen., nov. sp.). Geologica et Palaeontologica 21:227-235

Belongs to Praegravesia according to A. Zeiss 1987

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MSW III 3/2, a shell. Its type locality is Klieversberg quarry, Wolfsburg, which is in a Kimmeridgian carbonate limestone in Germany.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 136.5

Distribution: found only at Klieversberg quarry, Wolfsburg

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