Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Full reference: C. Ifrim, W. Stinnesbeck, and J. F. Ventura. 2013. An endemic cephalopod assemblage from the Lower Campanian (Late Cretaceous) Parras Shale, western Coahuila, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 87:881-901
Belongs to Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) according to C. Ifrim et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) groenlandicum, Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) hetonaiense, Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) inflatum, Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) ramosum, Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya, Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) velledaeforme, Neophylloceras marshalli, Neophylloceras meridianum, Neophylloceras radiatum, Neophylloceras ramosus, Neophylloceras ultimum, Neophylloceras ultinatum, Phylloceras (Neophylloceras) decipiens, Phylloceras (Neophylloceras) nera
Type specimen: CPC-662, a shell. Its type locality is Union y Progreso, which is in a Campanian prodelta shale in the Parras Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 38.9
Distribution: found only at Union y Progreso
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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