Utaturiceras chrysanthemum Matsumoto et al. 2003 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Full reference: T. Matsumoto, T. Nishida, and S. Toshimitsu. 2003. Early Cenomanian (Cretaceous) ammonoids Utaturiceras and Graysonites from Hokkaido, North Japan. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan 54:131-159

Belongs to Utaturiceras according to T. Matsumoto et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Utaturiceras discoidale, Utaturiceras vicinale

Type specimen: GK.H8410, a shell. Its type locality is R543, Suribachi-zawa, which is in a Cenomanian marine mudstone in Japan.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 142.4

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Japan (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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