Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Prionoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Amoeboceras dubium, Amoeboceras dubius, Cardioceras dubium
Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1894. Trias and Jura in the western states. Geological Society America Bulletin 5(1):395-434
Belongs to Amoeboceras (Amoebites) according to R. W. Imlay 1961
See also Crickmay 1933, Hanna and Hertlein 1943 and Hyatt 1894
Sister taxa: Amoeboceras (Amoebites) alticarinatum, Amoeboceras (Amoebites) bauhini, Amoeboceras (Amoebites) elegans, Amoeboceras (Amoebites) kitchini, Amoeboceras (Amoebites) lineatum, Amoeboceras (Amoebites) mesezhnikovi, Amoeboceras (Amoebites) pinguiforme, Amoeboceras (Amoebites) postacanthophorum, Amoeboceras (Amoebites) pulchrum, Amoeboceras (Amoebites) quadratolineatum, Amoeboceras (Amoebites) salfeldi, Amoeboceras (Amoebites) spathi, Amoeboceras (Amoebites) subkitchini
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at USGS Mesozoic Loc. 719 (Jurassic of California)
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