Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Knemiceratidae
Full reference: J. L. Latil and E. Jaillard. 2023. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biostratigraphy of the upper Aptian-lower Albian ammonites of the Chott area, southern Central Tunisia. Cretaceous Research 154(105731)
Belongs to Knemiceras according to J. L. Latil and E. Jaillard 2023
Sister taxa: Knemiceras (Iranoknemiceras), Knemiceras (Omaimaiceras), Knemiceras aegyptiacum, Knemiceras arambourgi, Knemiceras compressum, Knemiceras deserti, Knemiceras douvillei, Knemiceras dubertreti, Knemiceras flexiloculosum, Knemiceras gracile, Knemiceras gracilecostatum, Knemiceras iraniense, Knemiceras kazhdumiense, Knemiceras libertadense, Knemiceras multicostatum, Knemiceras saadense, Knemiceras sagetae, Knemiceras saharae, Knemiceras spathi, Knemiceras subcomplicatum, Knemiceras subcompressum, Knemiceras syriacum, Knemiceras toussainti, Knemiceras tunisiense, Knemiceras uhligi
Type specimen: UJF-ID.15127, a shell. Its type locality is BOA.6, Bir Oum Ali North, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Zebbag Formation of Tunisia.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 76.3
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Tunisia (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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