†Stenzeloceras sinuosum Whetstone and Teichert 1978 (nautiloid)
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Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Full reference: K. N. Whetstone and C. Teichert. 1978. A new genus of nautiloid cephalopods from the Mooreville Formation (Cretaceous) of Alabama. Journal of Paleontology 52:440-443
Belongs to Stenzeloceras according to K. N. Whetstone and C. Teichert 1978
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: KU 135677, a shell. Its type locality is Montgomery County (W1/2 sec. 23), which is in a Campanian carbonate marl in the Mooreville Chalk Formation of Alabama.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 145.0
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Alabama collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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