Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Himalayitidae
Alternative combination: Boughdiriella chouetensis
Full reference: C. Frau, L. G. Bulot, and W. A. P. Wimbledon. 2015. Upper Tithonian Himalayitidae Spath, 1925 (Perisphinctoidea, Ammonitina) from Le Chouet (Drôme, France): implications for the systematics. Geologica Carpathica 66:117-132
Belongs to Boughdiriella according to C. Frau et al. 2016
See also Frau et al. 2015 and Vašíček and Skupien 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MPP-CHT.21/65, a shell. Its type locality is Le Chouet, bed 83, which is in a Tithonian carbonate lime mudstone in France.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 31.8
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the Czech Republic (1 collection), France (5)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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