Erymnoceras philbyi Arkell 1952 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachyceratidae

Full reference: W. J. Arkell. 1952. Jurassic ammonites from Jebel Tuwaiq, central Arabia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 236:241-313

Belongs to Erymnoceras according to W. J. Arkell 1952

Sister taxa: Erymnoceras (Pachyerymnoceras), Erymnoceras ajax, Erymnoceras baylei, Erymnoceras coronoides, Erymnoceras doliforme, Erymnoceras nodosum, Erymnoceras triplicatum

Type specimen: SM F10799, a shell. Its type locality is Locality 31, Barra area (Aramco S-1198), which is in a Callovian carbonate limestone in the Tuwaiq Mountain Formation of Saudi Arabia.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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