Peltoceratoides elisabethae Jeannet 1951 (ammonite)

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 Peltoceratoides according to A. Jeannet 1951

Sister taxa: Peltoceratoides (Parawedekindia), Peltoceratoides (Peltoceratoides), Peltoceratoides ballenaensis, Peltoceratoides eugenii, Peltoceratoides inconstans, Peltoceratoides interscissus, Peltoceratoides nodopetens, Peltoceratoides pressulus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Herznach mine, bed E.1, which is in an Oxfordian carbonate marl in Switzerland

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 75.0

Distribution: found only at Herznach mine, bed E.1

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.