Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae
Alternative combination: Subplanites malarguensis
Synonyms: Lithacoceras (Virgalithacoceras) acricostatum Ohmert and Zeiss 1980, Substeueroceras durangoensis Munoz 1964, Virgatosphinctes guadalupensis Imlay 1943
Belongs to Lithacoceras according to C. Salazar and W. Stinnesbeck 2016
See also Verma and Westermann 1973
Sister taxa: Lithacoceras (Lithacoceras), Lithacoceras (Progeronia), Lithacoceras (Subplanites), Lithacoceras (Virgalithacoceras), Lithacoceras mombassanum, Lithacoceras sigali, Lithacoceras soucadeauxi, Lithacoceras ulmensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 27.9
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Chile (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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