Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Arietitidae
Full reference: M. Rakús and J. Guex. 2002. Les ammonites du jurassique inférieur et moyen de la dorsal tunisienne. Mémoires de Géologie (Lausanne) 39:1-149
Belongs to Protocymbites according to M. Rakús and J. Guex 2002
Sister taxa: Vermiceras (Gyrophioceras), Vermiceras (Paracaloceras), Vermiceras (Vermiceras), Vermiceras densicostatum, Vermiceras spiratissimum, Metophioceras gracile, Metophioceras galaczi, Metophioceras rotarium, Metophioceras janus, Metophioceras conybeari, Metophioceras trigonatum, Metophioceras bonnardii, Metophioceras rotticus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 16.0
Distribution: found only at Jebel Oust East, Roman quarry, bed 5 (Jurassic of Tunisia)
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