Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Echioceratidae
Alternative combination: Orthechioceras recticostatum
Synonym: Vermiceras prolaquense Fucini 1911 [replaced name]
Belongs to Paltechioceras according to I. VitoĢn et al. 2024
See also Bremer 1965, Edmunds et al. 2003 and Zaitsev and Ippolitov 2023
Sister taxa: Paltechioceras anomalum, Paltechioceras aureolum, Paltechioceras boehmi, Paltechioceras burckhardti, Paltechioceras charpentieri, Paltechioceras elicitum, Paltechioceras favrei, Paltechioceras flexicostatum, Paltechioceras hierlatzicum, Paltechioceras liciense, Paltechioceras meisteri, Paltechioceras mexicanum, Paltechioceras nobile, Paltechioceras oosteri, Paltechioceras ophioides, Paltechioceras romanicum, Paltechioceras rothpletzi, Paltechioceras tardecrescens, Euechioceras exoletum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 42.7
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Portugal (3 collections), Spain (3), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 9 collections including 11 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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