Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites compsus, Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras) compsum
Synonyms: Ammonites (Oppelia) pseudoflexuosus Favre 1877, Ammonites holbeini Oppel 1863, Glochiceras crenosum Quenstedt 1887, Oppelia franciscana Fontannes 1879, Oppelia holbeini Oppel 1863, Oppelia kochi Herbich 1878, Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras) pseudoflexuosum Favre 1877
Full reference: A. Oppel. 1863. III: Über jurassische Cephalopoden (continued). Palaeontologische Mittheilungen aus dem Museum des Koeniglich-Bayerischen Staates 163-266
Belongs to Taramelliceras according to C. Baudouin et al. 2011
See also Gemmellaro 1872, Howarth 1998 and Schlegelmilch 1994
Sister taxa: Taramelliceras (Fontannesiella), Taramelliceras (Hemihaploceras), Taramelliceras (Metahaploceras), Taramelliceras (Oxyoppelia), Taramelliceras (Proscaphites), Taramelliceras (Richeiceras), Taramelliceras (Strebliticeras), Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras), Taramelliceras acallopistum, Taramelliceras copsum, Taramelliceras costatum, Taramelliceras externnodosum, Taramelliceras lochense, Taramelliceras minax, Taramelliceras subnereus, Taramelliceras theoi, Taramelliceras velox
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (3 collections), Germany (1), Italy (2), Madagascar (2), Romania (23), Yemen (3)
Total: 34 collections including 36 occurrences
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