Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites matheroni, Melchiorites matheroni, Puzosia matheroni
Belongs to Pseudohaploceras according to R. Förster and H. Weier 1983
See also Aliev 1958, Collignon 1972, Douvillé 1916 and Wilckens 1947
Sister taxa: Pseudohaploceras jacobi, Pseudohaploceras liptoviensis, Pseudohaploceras nipponicum, Pseudohaploceras portaeferreae, Pseudohaploceras reesidei, Pseudohaploceras tachthaliae
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 103.6
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (1 collection), Italy (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (1), Spain (36), Tanzania (1)
Total: 43 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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