Pseudoskirroceras varisculptum 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 Pseudoskirroceras according to A. Hillebrandt 2006

Sister taxa: Pseudoskirroceras imlayi, Pseudoskirroceras laticostatum, Pseudoskirroceras mastodon, Pseudoskirroceras stephaniforme, Pseudoskirroceras wiedenmayeri

Type specimen: TUB 711211/4/1, a shell. Its type locality is Quebrada Yerbas Buenas (sample 711211/4), which is in a Jamesoni/Ibex carbonate limestone in Chile.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 75.4

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Chile (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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