Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Morphoceratidae

Full reference: V. Dietze, K. Seyed-Emami, and A. Raoufian. 2014. Morphoceras Douvillé, 1880 and Ebrayiceras Buckman, 1920 from the Dalichai Formation (Lower Bathonian) north and northeast of Damghan (Northeast Alborz), Iran. Zitteliana A 54:15-22

Belongs to Morphoceras according to V. Dietze et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Morphoceras egrediens, Morphoceras macrescens, Morphoceras multiforme, Morphoceras parvum, Morphoceras patescens, Morphoceras subpatescens, Morphoceras thalmanni

Type specimen: BSPG 2012 XXXIV 7, a shell. Its type locality is Kelariz section, ammonitico rosso II, which is in a Bathonian carbonate lime mudstone in the Dalichai Formation of Iran.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kelariz section, ammonitico rosso II

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