Docidoceras (Pseudocidoceras) widebayense Westermann 1969 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Otoitidae

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 Docidoceras (Pseudocidoceras) according to G. E. G. Westermann 1969

Sister taxa: Docidoceras (Pseudocidoceras) camachoi, Docidoceras (Pseudocidoceras) paucinodosum

Type specimen: USNM 160249, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 21251, Wide Bay, which is in a Bajocian marine shale in the Kialagvik Formation of Alaska.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 62.5

Distribution:

• Jurassic of United States (18: Alaska collections)

Total: 18 collections including 22 occurrences

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