Cosmoceras spoliatum Quenstedt 1858 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kosmoceratidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites spoliatus

Belongs to Cosmoceras according to A. Jeannet 1951

Sister taxa: Cosmoceras duncani, Cosmoceras paracontrarium, Kosmoceras gemmatum, Kosmoceras rotundum, Kosmoceras rowlstonense, Kosmoceras spinosum

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 42.0

Distribution: found only at Herznach, bed C.3 (Rollier collection) (Jurassic of Switzerland)

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