Arcthoplites birkenmajeri Nagy 1970 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Cleoniceratidae

Full reference: J. Nagy. 1970. Ammonite faunas and stratigraphy of Lower Cretaceous (Albian) rocks in southern Spitsbergen. Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrifter 152:1-58

Belongs to Arcthoplites according to J. Nagy 1970

Sister taxa: Arcthoplites (Subarcthoplites), Arcthoplites jachromensis

Type specimen: PMO A32860, a shell. Its type locality is Locality 17, Havkollen, Tromsöbreen, which is in an Albian marine shale in the Carolinefjellet Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 44.7

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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