Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Asteroceratidae
Full reference: B. A. Zaitsev. 2023. Taxonomic names, in Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) ammonoids from the boulders of the Greek Quarry, central Crimea. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 31:221-274
Belongs to Asteroceras according to B. A. Zaitsev 2023
Sister taxa: Asteroceras acceleratum, Asteroceras blakei, Asteroceras confusum, Asteroceras margarita, Asteroceras margaritoides, Asteroceras obtusum, Asteroceras retusum, Asteroceras reynesi, Asteroceras saltriensis, Asteroceras smithi, Asteroceras stellare, Asteroceras suevicum
Type specimen: Moscow State University 150/35, a shell. Its type locality is Greek Quarry, Beds with Asteroceras dommerguesi and Arnioceras rejectum, which is in an Obtusum carbonate limestone in Ukraine.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 88.3
Distribution: found only at Greek Quarry, Beds with Asteroceras dommerguesi and Arnioceras rejectum
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