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 Euaspidoceras according to A. Jeannet 1951
Sister taxa: Aspidoceras (Euaspidoceras) ajax, Euaspidoceras (Arcaspidoceras), Euaspidoceras (Clambites), Euaspidoceras aculeatum, Euaspidoceras ajax, Euaspidoceras babeaui, Euaspidoceras biarmatum, Euaspidoceras biplicatum, Euaspidoceras chilense, Euaspidoceras davouxi, Euaspidoceras depereti, Euaspidoceras douvillei, Euaspidoceras falloti, Euaspidoceras freii, Euaspidoceras hirsutum, Euaspidoceras kobyi, Euaspidoceras mahabense, Euaspidoceras nikitini, Euaspidoceras oegir, Euaspidoceras ovale, Euaspidoceras perarmatum, Euaspidoceras radisense, Euaspidoceras raynaudi, Euaspidoceras spinigerum, Euaspidoceras subbabeanum, Euaspidoceras tarapacaense, Euaspidoceras vendegiesi, Euaspidoceras veranadaense, Euaspidoceras waageni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Herznach mine, bed C.2, which is in a Callovian carbonate limestone in Switzerland
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 136.8
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (1), Switzerland (6)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
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