Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sonniniidae
Alternative combination: Sonninia playfordi
Full reference: W. J. Arkell. 1954. Part II. The ammonites and their place in the Bajocian faunas of the world, in The Bajocian ammonites of Western Australia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B 237:547-605
Belongs to Sonninia (Euhoploceras) according to R. L. Hall 1989
See also Arkell 1954
Sister taxa: Sonninia (Euhoploceras) adicra, Sonninia (Euhoploceras) berckhemeri, Sonninia (Euhoploceras) bifurcata, Sonninia (Euhoploceras) nannomorpha, Sonninia (Euhoploceras) polyacantha, Stiphromorphites schucherti
Type specimen: UWA 33869, a shell. Its type locality is Well at 964202, which is in a Bajocian shallow subtidal limestone in the Newmarracarra Limestone Formation of Australia.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Australia (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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