Mirapelia buarquianum White 1887 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae

Alternative combinations: Ammonites buarquianus, Oxytropidoceras (Mirapelia) buarquianum, Oxytropidoceras buarquianum

Synonyms: Oxytropidoceras douglasi Knechtel 1947, Oxytropidoceras involutum Beurlen 1952

Belongs to Mirapelia according to A. Tajika et al. 2018

See also Benavides-Caceres 1956, Cooper 1982 and Maury 1936

Sister taxa: Oxytropidoceras (Mirapelia) colcanapi, Oxytropidoceras (Mirapelia) evansi, Oxytropidoceras (Mirapelia) hourcqi, Oxytropidoceras (Mirapelia) mirapelianum, Oxytropidoceras (Mirapelia) packardi, Oxytropidoceras (Mirapelia) sergipense

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Brazil (3), Peru (1), Switzerland (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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