Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Otoitidae
Alternative combination: Riccardiceras westermanni
Full reference: J. Sandoval, A. Linares, and M. H. Henriques. 2000. The Middle Jurassic genus Riccardiceras (Otoitidae, Ammonitina) in the Westernmost Tethys: Betic Cordillera and Lusitanian Basin. Revue de Paléobiologie 19:29-44
Belongs to Mollistephanus according to A. Galácz 2015
See also Chandler and Dietze 2004 and Sandoval et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Mollistephanus cockroadensis, Mollistephanus kondai, Mollistephanus lupheri, Mollistephanus mollis, Mollistephanus ottiliae, Mollistephanus planulatus
Type specimen: JAQ 1.(-40).1, a shell. Its type locality is Bed -40. Barranco de Agua Larga, section 1, Alta Coloma area, which is in a Bajocian marine horizon in Spain.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Hungary (1 collection), Spain (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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