Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tissotiidae
Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1903. Pseudoceratites of the Cretaceous. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 44:1-351
Belongs to Metatissotia according to W. J. Kennedy 1995
See also Kennedy 1984
Sister taxa: Metatissotia auressensis, Metatissotia desmoulinsi, Metatissotia ewaldi, Metatissotia nanclasi, Metatissotia redtenbacheri, Metatissotia slizewiczi, Dordiella bakundu
Type specimen: Its type locality is St Hilaire-de-Jonzac, which is in a Coniacian carbonate limestone in France
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 42.5
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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