Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae
Alternative combinations: Eurycephalites boesei, Macrocephalites boesei
Full reference: C. Burckhardt. 1927. Cefalópodos del Jurásico Medio de Oaxaca y Guerrero. Boletin Instituto Geologico Mexico 47:1-108
Belongs to Lilloettia according to G. E. G. Westermann and N. Hudson 1991
See also Burckhardt 1927, Sandoval et al. 1990 and Spath 1932
Sister taxa: Lilloettia buckmani, Lilloettia lilloetensis, Lilloettia mertonyarwoodi, Lilloettia milleri, Lilloettia stantoni, Lilloettia steinmanni, Lilloettia tipperi
Type specimen: UNAM 1925a, a partial shell (Complete macroconch). Its type locality is Arroyo El Rincon, El Cuahulote - Tecojcoyunca Rd, which is in a Bathonian/Callovian marine horizon in the Yucunuti Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Temaikan of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Mexico (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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