Prodactylioceras dorsetense Spath 1936 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Dactylioceratidae

Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1936. The Ammonites of the Green Ammonite Beds of Dorset. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 92:438-455

Belongs to Prodactylioceras according to L. F. Spath 1936

Sister taxa: Prodactylioceras colubriforme, Prodactylioceras davoei, Prodactylioceras enode, Prodactylioceras italicum, Prodactylioceras rectiradiatum

Type specimen: BMNH C1520. Its type locality is Bed 126, Green Ammonite Beds, Charmouth, which is in a Davoei marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bed 126, Green Ammonite Beds, Charmouth

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