Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Alternative combination: Paramammites subtuberculatus
Synonyms: Nigericeras amardi Collignon and Roman 1981, Nigericeras tinrhertense Collignon and Roman 1981
Full reference: M. Collignon. 1965. Nouvelles ammonites néocrétacées sahariennes. Annales de Paléontologie (Invertébrés) 51:165-220
Belongs to Fikaites according to M. L. Guendouz et al. 2022
See also Collignon 1965, Meister et al. 1992 and Zaoui et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Fikaites laffitei, Fikaites varicostatus
Type specimens:
- Fikaites subtuberculatus: Ti.3800.B, a shell
- Nigericeras amardi:
- Nigericeras tinrhertense:
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 81.0
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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