Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
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 Metapeltoceras according to A. Jeannet 1951
Sister taxa: Metapeltoceras baylei, Metapeltoceras brunnschweileri, Metapeltoceras diversiforme, Metapeltoceras jurense, Metapeltoceras rollieri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Herznach mine, bed C.3, which is in a Callovian carbonate limestone in Switzerland
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 157.5
Distribution: found only at Herznach mine, bed C.3
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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