Nomismoceras rotiforme Phillips 1836 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Nomismoceratidae

Alternative combination: Goniatites rotiformis

Full reference: J. Phillips. 1836. Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire; or, a description of the strata and organic remains; accompanied by a geological map, sections and diagrams, and figures of the fossils 1-236

Belongs to Nomismoceras according to N. J. Riley 1996

See also Phillips 1836 and Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971

Sister taxa: Nomismoceras (Anthracoceras), Nomismoceras frechi, Nomismoceras germanicum, Nomismoceras smithii, Nomismoceras spirorbis, Nomismoceras vittiger

Type specimen: BMNH C.271a

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Leagram Brook (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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