Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites subtensis
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 trifidum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 75.0
Distribution: found only at Herznach mine, bed C.2/3 (Jurassic of Switzerland)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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