Ammodiscus auricula Chapman 1895 (foram)

Foraminifera - Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae

Full reference: F. Chapman. 1895. On Rhaetic Foraminifera from Wedmore, in Somerset. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6 16(44):305-329

Belongs to Ammodiscus according to F. Chapman 1895

Sister taxa: Ammodiscus anceps, Ammodiscus centrifugus, Ammodiscus cretaceus, Ammodiscus fusiformis, Ammodiscus incertus, Ammodiscus jurassicus, Ammodiscus milioloides, Ammodiscus parapriscus, Ammodiscus robertsoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wedmore Hill, bed 2, which is in a Rhaetian marine claystone in the Westbury Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary epifaunal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Wedmore Hill, bed 2

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