Amoeboceras (Amoebites) dubium Hyatt 1894 (ammonite)

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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