Tongoboryceras hancocki Kennedy 1984 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Full reference: W. J. Kennedy. 1984. Systematic palaeontology and stratigraphic distribution of the ammonite faunas of the French Coniacian. Special Papers in Palaeontology 31:1-160

Belongs to Tongoboryceras according to W. J. Kennedy 1984

Sister taxa: Tongoboryceras canali, Tongoboryceras kawashitai, Tongoboryceras rhodanicum, Tongoboryceras satoi, Tongoboryceras tongoboryense

Type specimen: MNHN F.B17172, a shell. Its type locality is Saujon, which is in a Coniacian/Coniacian carbonate grainstone in France.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 78.5

Distribution: found only at Saujon

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