Eoamaltheus ovatus Hillebrandt 2006 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Eoderoceratidae

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

Belongs to Eoamaltheus according to A. Hillebrandt 2006

Sister taxa: Eoamaltheus arayaensis, Eoamaltheus blancoensis, Eoamaltheus intermissus, Eoamaltheus meridianus, Eoamaltheus multicostatus, Eoamaltheus ovatoides, Eoamaltheus parameridianus, Eoamaltheus paraovatus

Type specimen: TUB 711211/5/3, a shell. Its type locality is Quebrada Yerbas Buenas (sample 711211/5), which is in an Ibex carbonate limestone in Chile.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 62.0

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Argentina (1 collection), Chile (5), Peru (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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