Phricodoceras lamellosum d'Orbigny 1844 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Phricodoceratidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites lamellosus

Synonym: Aegoceras subtaylori Krumbeck 1922

Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1844. Paléontologie Française - Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux mollusques et rayonnés fossiles de France - Terrains jurassiques. [Céphalopodes]. 1(Lvr 17-27):193-312

Belongs to Phricodoceras according to B. A. Zaitsev and A. P. Ippolitov 2023

See also Bremer 1965, Edmunds et al. 2003 and Frebold 1970

Sister taxa: Phricodoceras bettonii, Phricodoceras cantaluppii, Phricodoceras paronai, Phricodoceras taylori, Phricodoceras urkuticum

Type specimens:

  • Phricodoceras lamellosum: MNHN.F.R04087, a shell
  • Aegoceras subtaylori:

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 40.4

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Ukraine (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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