Bostrychoceras sanctaeanae Anderson 1958 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1958. Upper Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast. Geological Society of America Memoir 71:1-378

Belongs to Bostrychoceras according to F. M. Anderson 1958

Sister taxa: Bostrychoceras brewerii, Bostrychoceras californicum, Bostrychoceras columbianum, Bostrychoceras declive, Bostrychoceras elongatum, Bostrychoceras indicum, Bostrychoceras occidentale, Bostrychoceras otsukai, Bostrychoceras polyplocum, Bostrychoceras puertoense, Bostrychoceras serpiens, Bostrychoceras trabucoense, Bostrychoceras vermiculare

Type specimen: Its type locality is CIT loc85, "Trabuco Creek", which is in a Santonian coastal sandstone in California.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at CIT loc. 85, "Trabuco Creek"

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