Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Echioceratidae
Alternative combination: Orthechioceras recticostatum
Synonym: Vermiceras prolaquense Fucini 1911 [replaced name]
Belongs to Paltechioceras according to B. A. Zaitsev and A. P. Ippolitov 2023
See also Bremer 1965 and Edmunds et al. 2003
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 studeri, Euechioceras exoletum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 67.7
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Turkey (1 collection), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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