†Peltoraspailites carolinae Jeannet 1951 (ammonite)
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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 Peltoraspailites according to A. Jeannet 1951
Sister taxon: Peltoraspailites argoviensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Herznach mine, bed D, which is in a Callovian carbonate limestone in Switzerland
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 83.0
Distribution: found only at Herznach mine, bed D
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