Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Full reference: J. Wiedmann. 1978. Eine paläontologisch interessante Ammonitenfaunula aus der alpinen Gosau (Santon, Becken von Gosau, Oberösterreich). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 71:663-675
Belongs to Placenticeras according to W. J. Kennedy 1995
See also Amédro and Hancock 1985, Summesberger 1979 and Wiedmann 1978
Sister taxa: Placenticeras bidorsatum, Placenticeras cumminsi, Placenticeras fritschi, Placenticeras kaffrarium, Placenticeras kolbajense, Placenticeras maherndli, Placenticeras mediasiaticum, Placenticeras memoriaschloenbachi, Placenticeras orbignyanum, Placenticeras placenta, Placenticeras polyopsis, Placenticeras pseudoplacenta, Placenticeras semiornatum, Placenticeras syrtale, Placenticeras tamulicum, Placenticeras vancouverense, Placenticeras vredenburgi, Placenticeras whitfieldi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Pass Gschütt (Gapp collection), which is in a Santonian shallow subtidal shale in the Hochmoos Formation of Austria
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 85.6
Distribution:
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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