Gunnarites denticulatus Marshall 1926 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae

Alternative combination: Nowakites denticulatus

Full reference: P. Marshall. 1926. The Upper Cretaceous ammonites of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 56:129-210

Belongs to Gunnarites according to R. A. Henderson 1970

See also Marshall 1926

Sister taxa: Gunnarites antarcticus, Gunnarites bhavaniformis, Gunnarites flexuosus, Gunnarites gunnari, Gunnarites inflatus, Gunnarites kalika, Gunnarites nordenskjoldi, Gunnarites pachys, Gunnarites paucinodatus, Gunnarites raggatti, Gunnarites rotundus, Gunnarites spathi, Gunnarites spinosissimus, Gunnarites varicostatus, Gunnarites zelandicus, Madrasites fortior

Type specimen: GNS CE.833, a partial shell. Its type locality is N28/f626, Bull's Point, Kaipara Harbour, which is in a Piripauan/Haumurian marine horizon in the Otamatea Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at N28/f626, Bull's Point, Kaipara Harbour

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.