Heteroceras denizoti Frau et al. 2016 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Heteroceratidae

Full reference: C. Frau, G. Delanoy, J. P. Masse, C. Lanteaume, and A. J. B. Tendil. 2016. New Heteroceratidae (Ammonoidea) from the late Barremian deepening succession of Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône, France). Acta Geologica Polonica 66:205-225

Belongs to Heteroceras according to C. Frau et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Heteroceras (Argvethites), Heteroceras (Heteroceras), Heteroceras astierianum, Heteroceras baylei, Heteroceras helicoceroides, Heteroceras jeletzkyi, Heteroceras veratiae, Lindigia nodosum

Type specimen: FCC.25, a shell. Its type locality is Bed B47, Podestat–Pouli, which is in a Barremian offshore shelf wackestone in France.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bed B47, Podestat–Pouli

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