Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae
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 Normannites according to A. Galácz 2017
See also Arkell 1952
Sister taxa: Normannites braikenridgii, Normannites orbignyi, Masckeites psilacanthoides
Type specimen: Geological Survey Museum, Cairo 16685, a shell. Its type locality is Gebel Aroussieh (Upper Bajocian indet), which is in a Bajocian marine horizon in Egypt.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Egypt (1 collection), Kenya (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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