Glyptoxoceras souqueti Collignon 1983 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Belongs to Glyptoxoceras according to W. J. Kennedy 1995

Sister taxa: Glyptoxoceras aquisgranense, Glyptoxoceras brasiliense, Glyptoxoceras circulare, Glyptoxoceras crispatum, Glyptoxoceras ellisoni, Glyptoxoceras indicum, Glyptoxoceras largesulcatum, Glyptoxoceras nipponicum, Glyptoxoceras novimexicanum, Glyptoxoceras parahybense, Glyptoxoceras retrorsum, Glyptoxoceras rugatum, Glyptoxoceras subcompressum, Glyptoxoceras tenuisulcatum, Glyptoxoceras texanum, Glyptoxoceras wakanenei

Type specimen: UPST MB 24, a shell. Its type locality is Route from Sougraigne to Les Croutets (UPST collection, paraplanum subzone), which is in a Santonian carbonate marl in France.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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