Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Tornoceratidae
Full reference: T. Söte, R. T. Becker, K. J. Herd and J. Bockwinkel. 2021. Upper Frasnian Tornoceratidae (Ammonoidea) from the Sand Formation (Bergisch Gladbach‑Pafrath Syncline, Rhenish Massif). PalZ 95:237-273
Belongs to Aulatornoceras according to T. Söte et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Aulatornoceras auris, Aulatornoceras bickense, Aulatornoceras compressum, Aulatornoceras constrictum, Aulatornoceras eifliense, Aulatornoceras frenklerae, Aulatornoceras latestriatum, Aulatornoceras lepiferum, Aulatornoceras paucistriatum, Aulatornoceras posterior, Aulatornoceras rhysum, Aulatornoceras schurbuschensis, Aulatornoceras serriense, Aulatornoceras tumidum, Aulatornoceras ventrosulcatum
Type specimen: MfN MB.C.29356.1, a shell. Its type locality is Sand 1, Herkenrather Straße 70, Bergisch Gladbach, which is in a Frasnian offshore shale in the Sand Formation of Germany.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 4.99
Distribution: found only at Sand 1, Herkenrather Straße 70, Bergisch Gladbach
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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