Ligeiceras globulus Rulleau 2008 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Alternative combination: Cenoceras globulus

Full reference: L. Rulleau. 2008. Les Nautiles du Lias et du Dogger de la Région Lyonnaise 1-149

Belongs to Ligeiceras according to F. Barroso-Barcenilla 2011

See also Rulleau 2008

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

Type specimen: ML 8759, a shell. Its type locality is La Verpillière (Isère, Bifrons zone), which is in a Bifrons/Thouarsense carbonate limestone in France.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 61.9

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (2 collections), Portugal (1), Spain (5)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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