Canaliculites argoviensis Jeannet 1951 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Full reference: A. Jeannet. 1951. Stratigraphie und Palaeontologie des oolithischen Eisenerzlagers von Herznach und seiner Umgebung. Beiträge zur Geologie der Schweiz, Geotechnische Serie 13(5):1-240

Belongs to Canaliculites according to A. Jeannet 1951

Sister taxa: Ochetoceras (Granulochetoceras), Ochetoceras (Ochetoceras), Ochetoceras canaliferum, Ochetoceras dentosum, Ochetoceras frickense, Ochetoceras irregulare, Ochetoceras marantianum, Ochetoceras mexicanum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Herznach mine, bed F.2 (Frei collection), which is in an Oxfordian carbonate limestone in Switzerland

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 41.0

Distribution: found only at Herznach mine, bed F.2 (Frei collection)

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