Taramelliceras lochense Oppel 1863 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Alternative combinations: Ammonites lochensis, Taramelliceras (Proscaphites) lochense

Full reference: A. Oppel. 1863. III: Über jurassische Cephalopoden (continued). Palaeontologische Mittheilungen aus dem Museum des Koeniglich-Bayerischen Staates 163-266

Belongs to Taramelliceras according to G. Schairer and V. Schlampp 2003

See also Quéreilhac 2009 and Schlegelmilch 1994

Sister taxa: Taramelliceras (Fontannesiella), Taramelliceras (Hemihaploceras), Taramelliceras (Metahaploceras), Taramelliceras (Oxyoppelia), Taramelliceras (Proscaphites), Taramelliceras (Richeiceras), Taramelliceras (Strebliticeras), Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras), Taramelliceras acallopistum, Taramelliceras compsum, Taramelliceras copsum, Taramelliceras costatum, Taramelliceras externnodosum, Taramelliceras minax, Taramelliceras subnereus, Taramelliceras theoi, Taramelliceras velox

Type specimen: BSPG AS VIII 175, a shell

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Deuerlein quarry, Gräfenberg (semimammatum horizon) (Jurassic of Germany)

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