Macrocephalites macrocephalus Schlotheim 1813 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Macrocephalitidae

Alternative combinations: Ammonites macrocephalus, Stephanoceras macrocephalum

Full reference: E.F.V. Schlotheim. 1813. Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Versteinerungen in geognostischer Hinsicht. Taschenbuch Mineralogie 7:3-134

Belongs to Macrocephalites according to K. A. v. Zittel 1884

See also Schlotheim 1813

Sister taxa: Macrocephalites cadoceroides, Macrocephalites jacquoti, Macrocephalites tuguriensis

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Chile (1 collection), France (7), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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