Micromphalites pustuliferum Douvillé 1916 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae

Alternative combinations: Micromphalites pustuliferus, Stringoceras pustuliferum

Full reference: H. Douvillé. 1916. Les terrains secondaires dans le massif du Moghara à l’Est de l’isthme de Suez. Mémoire de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris 54(2):1-184

Belongs to Micromphalites according to G. Schweigert et al. 2007

See also Arkell 1952 and Douvillé 1916

Sister taxa: Micromphalites busqueti, Micromphalites elegans, Micromphalites golenkoi, Micromphalites hourcqi, Micromphalites intermedius, Micromphalites saintoursi, Micromphalites vertebralis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gebel Aroussieh (Cardium), which is in a Bathonian carbonate mudstone in Egypt

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Egypt (3 collections), Saudi Arabia (3)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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