Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites martelli, Perisphinctes martelli
Full reference: A. Oppel. 1863. III: Über jurassische Cephalopoden (continued). Palaeontologische Mittheilungen aus dem Museum des Koeniglich-Bayerischen Staates 163-266
Belongs to Perisphinctes (Perisphinctes) according to D.K. Pandey et al. 2012
See also Oppel 1863, Schlegelmilch 1994 and Waagen 1875
Sister taxa: Perisphinctes (Perisphinctes) indogermanus, Perisphinctes (Perisphinctes) panthieri, Perisphinctes (Perisphinctes) siegfriedi, Perisphinctes (Perisphinctes) waltonensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (2 collections), Germany (1), India (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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