Leconteites sacramenticus Anderson 1902 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Alternative combinations: Pachydiscus sacramenticus, Puzosigella sacramentica, Sonneratia sacramentica

Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1902. Cretaceous Deposits of the Pacific Coast. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 2(1):1-155

Belongs to Leconteites according to D. L. Jones et al. 1965

See also Anderson 1938 and Casey 1954

Sister taxa: Leconteites deansi, Leconteites lecontei, Leconteites modestus

Type specimen: UCMP 12100, a shell. Its type locality is CAS loc. 152, East branch of Hulen Creek, which is in an Albian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 152, East branch of Hulen Creek

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