Eoamaltheus arayaensis 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 blancoensis, Eoamaltheus intermissus, Eoamaltheus meridianus, Eoamaltheus multicostatus, Eoamaltheus ovatoides, Eoamaltheus ovatus, Eoamaltheus parameridianus, Eoamaltheus paraovatus

Type specimen: TUB 841206/11/1, a shell. Its type locality is Puesto Araya (sample 841206/11), which is in a Davoei carbonate limestone in Argentina.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 22.5

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Argentina (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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