Oxytropidoceras (Oxytropidoceras) alticarinatum Spath 1922 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae

Alternative combination: Pseudophacoceras alticarinatum

Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1922. On Cretaceous Ammonoidea from Angola, collected by Professor J. W. Gregory, D.Sc., F.R.S. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 53:91-160

Belongs to Oxytropidoceras (Oxytropidoceras) according to W. J. Kennedy and H. C. Klinger 2011

See also Spath 1922

Sister taxa: Oxytropidoceras (Oxytropidoceras) basseae, Oxytropidoceras (Oxytropidoceras) boesei, Oxytropidoceras (Oxytropidoceras) bravoense, Oxytropidoceras (Oxytropidoceras) hoepeni

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 18.8

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), South Africa (2), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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