Asteroceras smithi Sowerby 1814 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Asteroceratidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites smithi

Belongs to Asteroceras according to M. Edmunds et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Asteroceras acceleratum, Asteroceras blakei, Asteroceras confusum, Asteroceras dommerguesi, Asteroceras margarita, Asteroceras margaritoides, Asteroceras obtusum, Asteroceras retusum, Asteroceras reynesi, Asteroceras saltriensis, Asteroceras stellare, Asteroceras suevicum

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Marston Magna, 3.4 m above bed A (excavation 1) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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