Arctoceras erebori Piazza 2017 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arctoceratidae

Full reference: V. Piazza. 2017. Taxonomical descriptions, in New late Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from the Lusitaniadalen Member, Vikinghøgda Formation. Norwegian Journal of Geology 97:105-117

Belongs to Arctoceras according to V. Piazza 2017

Sister taxa: Arctoceras blomstrandi, Arctoceras kiparisovae, Arctoceras newberryi, Arctoceras oebergi, Arctoceras omoloiense, Arctoceras robinsoni, Arctoceras septentrionale, Arctoceras tuberculatum, Proptychites (Discoproptychites) septentrionale, Discoproptychites walcotti

Type specimen: PMO 210.489, a shell. Its type locality is Stensiofjellet, concretion level, which is in a Smithian offshore shale in the Vikinghøgda Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Stensiofjellet, concretion level

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