Plesechioceras pierrei Spath 1956 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Echioceratidae

Alternative combination: Hypechioceras pierrei

Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1956. The Liassic Ammonite Faunas of the Stowell Park Borehole. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britiain 11:140-179

Belongs to Plesechioceras according to B. A. Zaitsev and A. P. Ippolitov 2023

See also Spath 1956

Sister taxon: Plesechioceras doricum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Stowell Park borehole (O. oxynotum Zone, 1441-1458ft), which is in a Sinemurian carbonate shale in the Lower Lias Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 38.9

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Ukraine (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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