Ammonites mackayi Hector 1886 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida

Full reference: J. Hector. 1886. New Zealand Court: New Zealand Geological Survey Department detailed catalogue and guide to the geological exhibits. 1-98

Belongs to Ammonites according to J. Hector 1886

Sister taxa: Ammonites (Oecotraustes), Ammonites acanthopsis, Ammonites archelaus, Ammonites biplex, Ammonites breynii, Ammonites bucklandi, Ammonites collenotii, Ammonites complanata, Ammonites coronatum, Ammonites coupei, Ammonites crenatus, Ammonites czenstochaviensis, Ammonites dentatus, Ammonites emilianus, Ammonites euglyptus, Ammonites ferstli, Ammonites fimbriatus, Ammonites folleatus, Ammonites frickensis, Ammonites hungaricus, Ammonites irius, Ammonites jamesoni, Ammonites jupiter, Ammonites kammerkarensis, Ammonites klettgovianus, Ammonites lineatus, Ammonites lochense, Ammonites maclurei, Ammonites margaritatus, Ammonites nevadanus, Ammonites ornatus, Ammonites pedernalis, Ammonites pseudoaries, Ammonites sagei, Ammonites scissum, Ammonites sowerbyi, Ammonites striatisulcatus, Ammonites szaboi, Ammonites tchefkini, Ammonites tenuistriatus, Ammonites thouarsensis, Ammonites toucasianus, Ammonites trautscholdi

Type specimen: GNS CE.794, a partial shell. Its type locality is V22/f8481, Mackay Collection from Middle Waipawa, which is in a Piripauan marine horizon in New Zealand.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at V22/f8481, Mackay Collection from Middle Waipawa

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