Puncticeras schmidti Petersen 1975 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cheiloceratidae

Alternative combination: Cheiloceras (Staffites) schmidti

Full reference: M. S. Petersen. 1975. Upper Devonian (Famennian) ammonoids from the Canning Basin, Western Australia. Paleontological Society Memoir 8:1-55

Belongs to Puncticeras according to D. Korn and C. Klug 2002

See also Petersen 1975

Sister taxa: Puncticeras ajense, Puncticeras anumbilicatum, Puncticeras gastriforme, Puncticeras lagowiense, Puncticeras ovatus, Puncticeras pompeckji, Puncticeras semiinversum, Puncticeras sublagowiense, Puncticeras ultimum

Type specimen: UWA 61433, a shell

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 42.0

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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