Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae
Full reference: A. Hillebrandt. 2006. Ammoniten aus dem Pliensbachium (Carixium und Domerium) von Südamerika. Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 25:1-403
Belongs to Tropidoceras according to A. Hillebrandt 2006
Sister taxa: Tropidoceras actaeon, Tropidoceras atuelense, Tropidoceras calliplocoides, Tropidoceras calliplocum, Tropidoceras demonense, Tropidoceras ellipticum, Tropidoceras erythraeum, Tropidoceras flandrini, Tropidoceras frischmanni, Tropidoceras futtereri, Tropidoceras heterogeneum, Tropidoceras masseanum, Tropidoceras mediterraneum, Tropidoceras rotundum, Tropidoceras rursicosta, Tropidoceras semilaevis, Tropidoceras stahli, Tropidoceras stahliforme, Tropidoceras zitteli
Type specimen: TUB 790212/1/1, a shell. Its type locality is Arroyo Las Chilcas, bed 6 (sample 790212/1), which is in a Jamesoni carbonate sandstone in Argentina.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 22.0
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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