Ringsteadia bassettensis Spath 1935 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aulacostephanidae

Belongs to Ringsteadia according to J. K. Wright 2010

Sister taxa: Ringsteadia (Decipia), Ringsteadia anglica, Ringsteadia brandesi, Ringsteadia evoluta, Ringsteadia frequens, Ringsteadia marstonensis, Ringsteadia pseudocordata, Ringsteadia pseudoyo, Ringsteadia salfeldi, Ringsteadia sphenoidea

Type specimen: NHM C15426, a shell. Its type locality is Wootton Bassett (Marston Ironstone, BMNH), which is in an Oxfordian carbonate limestone in the Ampthill Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 116.5

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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