Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Full reference: H. Parent. 2006. Oxfordian and late Callovian ammonite faunas and biostratigraphy of the Neuquen-Mendoza and Tarapaca Basins (Jurassic, Ammonoidea, Western South-America). Boletin del Instituto de Fisiografia y Geologia 76(1-2):1-70
Belongs to Euaspidoceras according to H. Parent and A. C. Garrido 2015
See also Parent 2006
Sister taxa: Aspidoceras (Euaspidoceras) ajax, Euaspidoceras (Arcaspidoceras), Euaspidoceras (Clambites), Euaspidoceras aculeatum, Euaspidoceras ajax, Euaspidoceras babeaui, Euaspidoceras biarmatum, Euaspidoceras biplicatum, Euaspidoceras chilense, Euaspidoceras davouxi, Euaspidoceras depereti, Euaspidoceras douvillei, Euaspidoceras falloti, Euaspidoceras ferrugineum, Euaspidoceras freii, Euaspidoceras hirsutum, Euaspidoceras kobyi, Euaspidoceras mahabense, Euaspidoceras nikitini, Euaspidoceras oegir, Euaspidoceras ovale, Euaspidoceras perarmatum, Euaspidoceras radisense, Euaspidoceras raynaudi, Euaspidoceras spinigerum, Euaspidoceras subbabeanum, Euaspidoceras tarapacaense, Euaspidoceras vendegiesi, Euaspidoceras waageni
Type specimen: MLP 15664, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 149.0
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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