Ringsteadia evoluta Salfeld 1917 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aulacostephanidae

Belongs to Ringsteadia according to J. K. Wright 2010

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

Type specimen: GZG 449/1, a shell. Its type locality is Osmington, near Weymouth, which is in an Oxfordian carbonate limestone in the Sandsfoot Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 103.7

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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