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) paucinodosum, Docidoceras (Pseudocidoceras) widebayense
Type specimen: USNM 160256, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 19862, 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 81.3
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (11: Alaska collections)
Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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