Peltoceras trifidum Quenstedt 1887 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites athleta trifidus

Belongs to Peltoceras according to A. Jeannet 1951

Sister taxa: Peltoceras (Metapeltoceras), Peltoceras (Peltoceras), Peltoceras (Peltomorphites), Peltoceras aegoceroides, Peltoceras berckhemeri, Peltoceras bidens, Peltoceras constrictum, Peltoceras convexum, Peltoceras cricotum, Peltoceras kachhense, Peltoceras metamorphicum, Peltoceras modeli, Peltoceras monacanthum, Peltoceras neogaeum, Peltoceras occidentale, Peltoceras oeschingense, Peltoceras propinquum, Peltoceras semirugosum, Peltoceras subtense

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 53.1

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Switzerland (8)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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