Ceratites luganensis Merian 1854 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites luganensis

Belongs to Ceratites according to E. von Mojsisovics 1882

Sister taxa: Ammonites (Ceratites) cingulatus, Ceratites (Austroceratites), Ceratites (Cycloceratites), Ceratites (Haydenites), Ceratites (Philippites), Ceratites (Salterites), Ceratites altecostatus, Ceratites anceps, Ceratites angularis, Ceratites antecedens, Ceratites aon, Ceratites armatus, Ceratites beneckei, Ceratites beyrichi, Ceratites bipunctatus, Ceratites celtitiformis, Ceratites comottii, Ceratites compressus, Ceratites delmatinus, Ceratites devasena, Ceratites dimorphus, Ceratites disculus, Ceratites enodis, Ceratites evolutus, Ceratites fuchsi, Ceratites haradai, Ceratites hauerianus, Ceratites hercynus, Ceratites humilis, Ceratites inflatus, Ceratites kamadeva, Ceratites karstenii, Ceratites loretzi, Ceratites mandhata, Ceratites middendorffi, Ceratites murchisonianus, Ceratites naumanni, Ceratites nodosus, Ceratites padma, Ceratites patella, Ceratites pessoidesdup, Ceratites petersi, Ceratites planus, Ceratites pradoi, Ceratites praecursor, Ceratites praespinosus, Ceratites prettoi, Ceratites pseudovindelicus, Ceratites riccardi, Ceratites riedeli, Ceratites robustus, Ceratites royleanus, Ceratites sagitta, Ceratites simplex, Ceratites spinosus, Ceratites sturi, Ceratites suavis, Ceratites superbiformis, Ceratites thuilleri, Ceratites truncus, Ceratites varisci, Ceratites vega, Ceratites visvakarma, Ceratites weaveri, Ceratites wynnei, Ceratites zezianum, Ceratites zitteli

Type specimen: Its type locality is Monte San Salvatore, which is in an Anisian carbonate limestone in Switzerland

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Monte San Salvatore

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