Campylites delmontanus Oppel 1863 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites delmontanus

Full reference: A. Oppel. 1863. III: Über jurassische Cephalopoden (continued). Palaeontologische Mittheilungen aus dem Museum des Koeniglich-Bayerischen Staates 163-266

Belongs to Campylites according to A. Jeannet 1951

See also Oppel 1863 and Parent 2006

Sister taxa: Neocampylites delmontanus, Campylites inermis, Campylites helveticus, Campylites secula

Subtaxa: Campylites delmontanus ambongoensis

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 46.9

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (5 collections), Madagascar (1), Switzerland (5)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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