Caumontisphinctes tenuicostatus Besnosov 1993 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Parkinsoniidae

Alternative combination: Rarecostites tenuicostatus

Full reference: N. V. Besnosov. 1993. Taxonomic names. Pozdnebayosskie i Batskie Ammonitidy Severnogo Kavkaza i Sredney Azii 1-347

Belongs to Caumontisphinctes according to V. V. Mitta 2017

See also Besnosov 1993

Sister taxa: Caumontisphinctes (Caumontisphinctes), Caumontisphinctes (Infraparkinsonia)

Type specimen: VNIGRI 115/1851. Its type locality is Kuli, Dagestan (upper Kumukh Fm), which is in a Subfurcatum marine horizon in the Kumukh Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kuli, Dagestan (upper Kumukh Fm)

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