Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) pachycostatus Summesberger 1992 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Full reference: H. Summesberger. 1992. Ammoniten aus dem Turon (Oberkreide) der Nördlichen Kalkalpen (Österreich). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 94:103-133

Belongs to Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) according to H. Summesberger 1992

Sister taxa: Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) combesi, Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) obliquus, Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) postsaenzi, Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) reveliereanus, Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) robustus, Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) saenzi, Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) subconciliatus, Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) tavense

Type specimen: NHMW 1990/27/5, a shell. Its type locality is ULP1, Pichlbaueralm, which is in a Turonian carbonate marl in the Branderfleck Formation of Austria.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at ULP1, Pichlbaueralm

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