Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites tamulicus, Placenticeras tamulicus
Belongs to Placenticeras according to T. Matsumoto and S. K. Skwarko 1991
Sister taxa: Placenticeras bidorsatum, Placenticeras cumminsi, Placenticeras fritschi, Placenticeras kaffrarium, Placenticeras kolbajense, Placenticeras maherndli, Placenticeras mediasiaticum, Placenticeras memoriaschloenbachi, Placenticeras orbignyanum, Placenticeras paraplanum, Placenticeras placenta, Placenticeras polyopsis, Placenticeras pseudoplacenta, Placenticeras semiornatum, Placenticeras syrtale, Placenticeras vancouverense, Placenticeras vredenburgi, Placenticeras whitfieldi
Type specimen: Mitchell Coll5, a shell.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 135.0
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of India (1 collection), Papua New Guinea (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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