Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites levesquei
Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1844. Paléontologie Française - Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux mollusques et rayonnés fossiles de France - Terrains jurassiques. [Céphalopodes]. 1(Lvr 17-27):193-312
Belongs to Dumortieria according to C. Schulbert 2001
See also Arthur et al. 1993
Sister taxa: Dumortieria brancoi, Dumortieria costula, Dumortieria gundershofensis, Dumortieria insignisimilis, Dumortieria kochi, Dumortieria latumbilicata, Dumortieria meneghinii, Dumortieria moorei, Dumortieria prisca, Dumortieria pseudoradiosa, Dumortieria radians, Dumortieria radiosa, Dumortieria rustica, Dumortieria sparsicosta, Dumortieria striatulocostata, Dumortieria tabulata, Paradumortieria elmii
Type specimen: MNHN.F.B09769
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): diameter 71.6
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Bulgaria (1 collection), Canada (1: British Columbia), France (7), Germany (11), Spain (7)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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