Neophylloceras meridianum Spath 1953 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1953. The Upper Cretaceous cephalopod fauna of Graham Land. Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey Scientific Reports 3:1-60

Belongs to Neophylloceras according to L. F. Spath 1953

Sister taxa: Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) arturoi, Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) groenlandicum, Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) hetonaiense, Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) inflatum, Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) ramosum, Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya, Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) velledaeforme, Neophylloceras marshalli, Neophylloceras radiatum, Neophylloceras ramosus, Neophylloceras ultimum, Neophylloceras ultinatum, Phylloceras (Neophylloceras) decipiens, Phylloceras (Neophylloceras) nera

Type specimen: BMNH C.41320, a shell. Its type locality is D.86.1, Dagger Peak, James Ross Island, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in Antarctica.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at D.86.1, Dagger Peak, James Ross Island

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