Carixiceras buvigneri d'Orbigny 1844 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oxynoticeratidae

Alternative combinations: Ammonites buvignieri, Oxynoticeras buvignieri

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 Carixiceras according to M. Edmunds et al. 2003

See also Bremer 1965 and d'Orbigny 1844

Sister taxa: Radstockiceras buvignieri, Radstockiceras complanosum, Radstockiceras complicatum, Radstockiceras coynarti, Radstockiceras evolutum, Radstockiceras fastigatum, Radstockiceras gemmellaroi, Radstockiceras hechingense, Radstockiceras involutum, Radstockiceras lynx, Radstockiceras perilambanon, Fastigiceras clausum

Type specimen: MNHN.F.R01547, a partial shell

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Jamesoni Limestone, St. Peter's Field, Radstock (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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