Thomelites tenereensis Meister et al. 1994 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Full reference: C. Meister, K. Alazouma, J. Lang, B. Mathey, and A. Pascal. 1994. Nouvelles données sur les ammonites du Niger oriental (Ténéré, Afrique occidentale) dans le cadre de la transgression du Cénomanien-Turonien. Geobios 27:189-219

Belongs to Thomelites according to C. Meister et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Thomelites eguituriense, Thomelites flandrini, Thomelites sornayi

Type specimen: MNHG 56584, a shell. Its type locality is Monts Iguelela, bed 12, which is in a Cenomanian marine limestone in Niger.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Niger (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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