Oiophyllites decipiens Spath 1953 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

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 Oiophyllites according to L. F. Spath 1953

Sister taxon: Oiophyllites angolaensis

Type specimen: BMNH C.22682, a shell. Its type locality is D.432.2, Lachman Crags South, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in Antarctica.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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