†Neosilesites nepos Douvillé 1916 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Silesitidae
Alternative combination: Silesites nepos
Full reference: H. Douvillé. 1916. Les terrains secondaires dans le massif du Moghara à l’Est de l’isthme de Suez. Mémoire de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris 54(2):1-184
Belongs to Neosilesites according to O. Szives 2007
See also Douvillé 1916
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gebel Oum Rekeba, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Egypt
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (2 collections), France (1), Madagascar (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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