Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
Full reference: R. Förster and H. Weier. 1983. Ammoniten und Alter der Niongala-Schichten (Unterapt, Süd-Tanzania). Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Historische Geologie 23:51-76
Belongs to Procheloniceras according to R. Förster and H. Weier 1983
Sister taxa: Cheloniceras (Procheloniceras) hindsi, Procheloniceras albrechtiaustriae, Procheloniceras stobieckii
Type specimen: BSP 1982 XX 60, a shell. Its type locality is Niongala (BSP collection), which is in an Aptian marine shale in Tanzania.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 147.0
Distribution: found only at Niongala (BSP collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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