Posttornoceras posthumum Wedekind 1918 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Posttornoceratidae

Alternative combinations: Sporadoceras (Sporadoceras) posthumum, Sporadoceras posthuma, Sporadoceras posthumum

Synonym: Sporadoceras wedekindi Schindewolf 1923

Belongs to Posttornoceras according to D. Korn et al. 2016

See also Becker 2002, Korn and Klug 2002, Petersen 1975 and Woroncowa-Marcinowska 2006

Sister taxa: Posttornoceras balvei, Posttornoceras contiguum, Posttornoceras fallax, Posttornoceras glenisteri, Posttornoceras sodalis

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 38.6

Distribution:

• Devonian of France (1 collection), Germany (9), Kazakhstan (1), Morocco (2), Poland (1)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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