†Sphaeroceras vcostatum Burckhardt 1927 (ammonite)
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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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