Ligeiceras fourneti Dumortier 1874 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Alternative combinations: Cenoceras fourneti, Nautilus fourneti

Belongs to Ligeiceras according to F. Barroso-Barcenilla 2011

See also Kummel 1956, Pia 1914 and Rulleau 2008

Sister taxa: Ligeiceras anomphalus, Ligeiceras globulus, Ligeiceras inornatum, Ligeiceras jurense

Type specimen: ML 9177, a shell. Its type locality is La Verpillière (Isère, Upper Toarcian), which is in a Toarcian carbonate limestone in France.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 66.2

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (3 collections), Spain (3)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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