Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Spiroceratidae
Alternative combination: Toxoceras orbignyi
Synonyms: Ancyloceras obliquus d'Orbigny 1850, Toxoceras aequalicostatus Baugier and Sauze 1843, Toxoceras baugieri d'Orbigny 1850
Full reference: A. Baugier and M. Sauze. 1843. Notice sur quelques coquilles de la famille des Ammonidées, recueillies dans le terrain jurassique des Deux-Sèvres. Mémoires de la Société de Statistique des Sciences et des Arts du Département des Deux-Sèvres 7:127-140
Belongs to Spiroceras according to M. R. Majidifard 2015
See also Baugier and Sauze 1843, d'Orbigny 1850, Dietl 1978 and Enay et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Helicoceras teilleuxi, Spiroceras althoffi, Spiroceras annulatum, Spiroceras bifurcatum, Spiroceras bispinatum, Spiroceras cylindricum, Spiroceras fourneti, Spiroceras garani, Spiroceras levigatum, Spiroceras obliquecostatum, Spiroceras rarispina, Spiroceras sauzeanum
Type specimens:
- Spiroceras orbignyi: MNHN.F.R00724
- Ancyloceras obliquus: MNHN.F.R04215.
- Toxoceras aequalicostatus: MNHN.F.A09677.
- Toxoceras baugieri: MNHN.F.R00725.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Iran (1 collection), United States (2: Wyoming )
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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