Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) spathi Reyment 1955 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae

Full reference: R. A. Reyment. 1955. The Cretaceous Ammonoidea of southern Nigeria and the southern Cameroons. Geological Survey of Nigeria Bulletin 25:1-112

Belongs to Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) according to R. A. Reyment 1955

Sister taxa: Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) douvillei, Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) luciae, Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) massipiana, Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) meslei, Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) pavillieri, Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) segne, Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) sinaiticum

Type specimen: BMNH C.47415, a shell. Its type locality is 5 miles south of Keana, which is in a Turonian marine siliciclastic in Nigeria.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Nigeria (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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