Ermoceras (Kosmermoceras) elegans Douvillé 1916 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae

Alternative combination: Ermoceras elegans

Full reference: H. Douvillé. 1916. Les terrains secondaires dans le massif du Moghara à l’Est de l’isthme de Suez. Mémoire de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris 54(2):1-184

Belongs to Ermoceras (Kosmermoceras) according to W. J. Arkell 1952

See also Douvillé 1916

Sister taxa: Ermoceras (Kosmermoceras) aulacostephanus, Ermoceras (Kosmermoceras) magnificum, Ermoceras (Kosmermoceras) runcinatum, Ermoceras (Kosmermoceras) strigatum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gebel Aroussieh (Bajocian black limestone), which is in a Bajocian carbonate limestone in Egypt

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Egypt (1 collection), Saudi Arabia (8)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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