†Meridiceras santanderi Hillebrandt 2006 (ammonite)
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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 celericrescens, Meridiceras densicostatum, Meridiceras externum
Type specimen: G.S. 22A/1, a shell. Its type locality is Mañazo, Quebrada Antayaja, which is in an Ibex carbonate limestone in Peru.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 24.7
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Peru (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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