Reynesoceras americanum Hillebrandt 2006 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Dactylioceratidae

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

Belongs to Reynesoceras according to A. Hillebrandt 2006

Sister taxa: Reynesoceras mortilleti, Reynesoceras ragazzoni, Reynesoceras subanguinum, Aveyroniceras ausonicum, Aveyroniceras medolense, Aveyroniceras danielae

Type specimen: TUB 660710/4/28, a shell. Its type locality is W Peñon de Pedernales (sample 660710/4), which is in a Margaritatus carbonate limestone in Chile.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 45.5

Distribution: found only at W Peñon de Pedernales (sample 660710/4)

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