Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Full reference: H. Parent and A. C. Garrido. 2015. The ammonite fauna of the La Manga Formation (Late Callovian-Early Oxfordian) of Vega de la Veranada, Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 275(2):163-217
Belongs to Choffatia according to H. Parent and A. C. Garrido 2015
Sister taxa: Choffatia (Choffatia), Choffatia acuticosta, Choffatia arisphinctoides, Choffatia baluchistanensis, Choffatia cerealis, Choffatia furcula, Choffatia jupiter, Choffatia neumayri, Choffatia perdagata, Choffatia poculum, Choffatia subbackeriae, Choffatia suborion, Loboplanulites prosorovskii, Loboplanulites choffatiaformis, Loboplanulites cerealiformis, Loboplanulites zakharovi, Loboplanulites subkranaiformis, Grossouvria colfaxi, Grossouvria sulciferus, Grossouvria kontkiewiczi, Grossouvria delbosi, Grossouvria crassa, Grossouvria evexa, Anaplanulites hyatti
Type specimen: MOZ-PI 9418, a shell. Its type locality is VV-M-2, Vega de la Veranada, which is in a Callovian carbonate limestone in the La Manga Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 141.4
Distribution: found only at VV-M-2, Vega de la Veranada
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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