Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae

Full reference: A. Scherzinger and G. Schweigert. 2017. Xenosphinctes n. gen. (Ataxioceratidae, Lithacoceratinae), a new rare ammonite genus from the Lower Tithonian (Hybonotum Zone) of SW Germany. Volumina Jurassica 15:155-160

Parent taxon: Lithacoceratinae according to A. Scherzinger and G. Schweigert 2017

Sister taxa: Danubisphinctes, Dorsoplanitoides, Franconitinae, Lithacoceras, Moravisphinctes, Pseudodiscosphinctes, Pseudosubplanites, Richterellinae, Usseliceras, Zittelites

Subtaxa: Xenosphinctes berkai

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Type: Xenosphinctes berkai

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Railway cutting NW of Talmühle (Jurassic of Germany)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.