Sphaeroceras vcostatum Burckhardt 1927 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae

Alternative combination: Bullatimorphites (Kheraiceras) vcostatum

Full reference: C. Burckhardt. 1927. Cefalópodos del Jurásico Medio de Oaxaca y Guerrero. Boletin Instituto Geologico Mexico 47:1-108

Belongs to Sphaeroceras according to C. Burckhardt 1927

See also Riccardi et al. 1989

Sister taxa: Sphaeroceras brongniarti, Sphaeroceras tutthum

Type specimen: 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: found only at Arroyo El Rincon, El Cuahulote - Tecojcoyunca Rd

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