Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Himalayitidae
Full reference: M. Boughdiri, R. Enay, G. Le Hegarat and L. Memmi. 1999. Hegaratites nov. gen.(Ammonitina): Himalayitidae nouveau du Tithonien supérieur de la coupe du Jebel Rhéouis (Axe nord-sud, Tunisie centrale). Précisions stratigraphiques, approche phylétique et signification biogéographique. Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 18:105-121
Belongs to Hegaratites according to M. Boughdiri et al. 1999
Sister taxon: Hegaratites burolleti
Type specimen: FSL 338 793, a shell. Its type locality is RHS21, Jebel Rheouis, which is in a Tithonian carbonate limestone in the Sidi Kralif Formation of Tunisia.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at RHS21, Jebel Rheouis
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