Diplesioceras fischeri Dietze et al. 2022 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida

Full reference: V. Dietze, G. Schweigert, and R. B. Chandler. 2022. Diplesioceras Buckman, 1920 - an enigmatic Middle Jurassic ammonite genus revisited. Palaeodiversity 15:111-117

Belongs to Diplesioceras according to V. Dietze et al. 2022

Sister taxon: Diplesioceras diplesium

Type specimen: SMNS 70658, a shell. Its type locality is Port-en-Bessin, which is in a Parkinsoni carbonate limestone in the Oolithe de Bayeux Formation of France.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 24.0

Distribution: found only at Port-en-Bessin

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