Arpavoniceras Frau and Fuhr 2023 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Full reference: C. Frau and M. Fuhr. 2023. Arpavoniceras buloti gen. et sp. nov.; a new lower Hauterivian heteromorphic ammonoid from southern France and its place in the evolution of Cretaceous ammonites. Cretaceous Research 151(105628)

Parent taxon: Neocomitidae according to C. Frau and M. Fuhr 2023

Sister taxa: Berriasellinae, Busnardoiceras, Decliveites, Elenaella, Endemoceratinae, Hatchericeras, Neocomitinae, Platylenticeratinae, Pseudargentiniceras, Pseudoneocomites

Subtaxa: Arpavoniceras anglicum Arpavoniceras buloti

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Type: Arpavoniceras buloti

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Buisse Ravine section, Arpavon (upper Crioceratites loryi zone) (Cretaceous of France)

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