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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