Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites hersilia
Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1850. Prodrome du paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphique 1:1-392
Belongs to Oxycerites according to A. Jeannet 1951
Sister taxa: Oppelia (Oxycerites) chinitnana, Oxycerites (Alcidellus), Oxycerites (Oxycerites), Oxycerites aspidoides, Oxycerites besairiei, Oxycerites orbis, Oxycerites oxus, Oxycerites rodoensis, Oxycerites subcostarius
Type specimen: MNHN.F.R02049
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 61.0
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Madagascar (2 collections), Switzerland (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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