Volgoceratoides schilovkensis Mikhailova and Baraboshkin 2002 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae

Full reference: I. A. Mikhailova and E. J. Baraboshkin. 2002. Volgoceratoides and Koeneniceras – new small-size Lower Aptian heteromorphs from the Ulijanovsk Region (Russian Platform). Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 57:539-553

Belongs to Volgoceratoides according to I. A. Mikhailova and E. J. Baraboshkin 2002

Sister taxon: Volgoceratoides biplicatus

Type specimen: PIN 2478/3390, a shell. Its type locality is Shilovka village (volgensis zone, PIN collection), which is in an Aptian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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