Epophioceroides apertus Dommergues et al. 2010 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Asteroceratidae

Full reference: J.L. Dommergues, C. Meister, and R. B. Rocha. 2010. The Sinemurian ammonites of the Lusitanian Basin (Portugal): an example of complex endemic evolution. Palaeodiversity 3:59-87

Belongs to Epophioceroides according to J.L. Dommergues et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UBGD 277102. Its type locality is Sao Pedro de Muel, Penedo da Saudade section, Bed 5088, which is in a Sinemurian marine limestone in the Coimbra Formation of Portugal.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sao Pedro de Muel, Penedo da Saudade section, Bed 5088

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