Taramelliceras theoi Quereilhac and Guinot 2011 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Full reference: P. Quereilhac and Y. Guinot. 2011. Les "Marnes à theoi" de Pamproux (Deux-Sèvres, France), Sous-Zone à Antecedens (Oxfordien moyen, Zone à Plicatilis): diversité des faunes et découverte de nouvelles espèces d'ammonites [The "Theoi Marls" of Pamproux (Deux-Sèvres department, France), Antecedens Sub-zone (Middle Oxfordian, Plicatilis Zone): faunal diversity and discovery of new ammonite species]. Carnets de géologie (Notebook on Geology) CG2011_M01:31-61

Belongs to Taramelliceras according to P. Quereilhac and Y. Guinot 2011

Sister taxa: Taramelliceras (Fontannesiella), Taramelliceras (Hemihaploceras), Taramelliceras (Metahaploceras), Taramelliceras (Oxyoppelia), Taramelliceras (Proscaphites), Taramelliceras (Richeiceras), Taramelliceras (Strebliticeras), Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras), Taramelliceras acallopistum, Taramelliceras compsum, Taramelliceras copsum, Taramelliceras costatum, Taramelliceras externnodosum, Taramelliceras lochense, Taramelliceras minax, Taramelliceras subnereus, Taramelliceras velox

Type specimen: BOUM-Q.Ox.173.1, a shell. Its type locality is Usine Pampr'oeuf, which is in an Oxfordian offshore mudstone in the Theoi Marls Formation of France.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Usine Pampr'oeuf

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