Protrachyceras irregulare Fantini Sestini 1994 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

Full reference: N. Fantini Sestini. 1994. The Ladinian ammonoids from the Calcare di Esino of Val Parina (Bergamasc Alps, Northern Italy). Part. 1. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 100(2):227-284

Belongs to Protrachyceras according to N. Fantini Sestini 1994

Sister taxa: Protrachyceras anatolicum, Protrachyceras archelaus, Protrachyceras cautleyi, Protrachyceras costulatum, Protrachyceras deprati, Protrachyceras guizhouense, Protrachyceras hispanicum, Protrachyceras ibericum, Protrachyceras ladinum, Protrachyceras lermani, Protrachyceras longobardicum, Protrachyceras margaritosum, Protrachyceras mutabile, Protrachyceras negevense, Protrachyceras parinaense, Protrachyceras pseudoarchelaus, Protrachyceras sikanianum, Protrachyceras sirenitiforme, Protrachyceras spitiense, Protrachyceras steinmanni, Protrachyceras wahrmani, Trachyceras (Protrachyceras) ralphuanum, Trachyceras (Protrachyceras) springeri, Trachyceras (Protrachyceras) storrsi

Type specimen: N.9213, Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali, Bergamo. Its type locality is Val Parina, S746, which is in a Longobardian perireef or subreef limestone in the Esino Formation of Italy.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Val Parina, S746

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