Partschiceras ellipticum Westermann 1969 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Full reference: G. E. G. Westermann. 1969. The ammonite fauna of the Kialagvik Formation at Wide Bay, Alaska Peninsula. Part II. Sonninia sowerbyi zone (Bajocian). Bulletins of American Paleontology 57:1-226

Belongs to Partschiceras according to G. E. G. Westermann 1969

Sister taxa: Partschiceras adabofolense, Partschiceras argelliezi, Partschiceras retrofalcatum, Partschiceras retroplicatum, Partschiceras striatocostatum, Partschiceras striatocostatus, Partschiceras tenuistriatum, Partschiceras umzambiense, Phylloceras (Partschiceras) grantzi, Phylloceras (Partschiceras) subobtusiforme, Procliviceras proclive

Type specimen: CAS 12606, a shell. Its type locality is CAS 29017, Wide Bay, which is in a Concavum marine siliciclastic in the Kialagvik Formation of Alaska.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of United States (4: Alaska collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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