Meridiceras celericrescens Hillebrandt 2006 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Coeloceratidae

Full reference: A. Hillebrandt. 2006. Ammoniten aus dem Pliensbachium (Carixium und Domerium) von Südamerika. Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 25:1-403

Belongs to Meridiceras according to A. Hillebrandt 2006

Sister taxa: Meridiceras amolanasense, Meridiceras densicostatum, Meridiceras externum, Meridiceras santanderi

Type specimen: TUB 841114/8/10, a shell. Its type locality is Quebrada Doña Inés Chica (sample 841114/8), which is in a Jamesoni/Ibex carbonate limestone in Chile.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 57.4

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Argentina (3 collections), Chile (4)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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