Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Otoitidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites (Sphaeroceras) semiornatus
Full reference: G. C. Crick. 1894. On a collection of Jurassic Cephalopoda from Western Australia - obtained by Harry Page Woodward, F.G.S., government geologist - with descriptions of the species. The Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade IV 1:433-441
Belongs to Pseudotoites according to W. J. Arkell 1954
See also Crick 1894
Sister taxa: Pseudotoites (Pseudotoites), Pseudotoites brunnschweileri, Pseudotoites championensis, Pseudotoites emilioides, Pseudotoites fasciculatus, Pseudotoites leicharti, Pseudotoites robiginosus, Pseudotoites spitiformis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Champion Bay, which is in a Bajocian carbonate limestone in the Newmarracarra Limestone Formation of Australia
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 61.0
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Australia (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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