Oxycerites besairiei Collignon 1958 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Full reference: M. Collignon. 1958. Atlas des fossiles caractéristiques de Madagascar (Ammonites). Fascicule II (Bathonien, Callovien). Pl. VI-XXXIII. Figs 31-161

Belongs to Oxycerites according to M. Collignon 1958

Sister taxa: Oppelia (Oxycerites) chinitnana, Oxycerites (Alcidellus), Oxycerites (Oxycerites), Oxycerites aspidoides, Oxycerites hersilia, Oxycerites orbis, Oxycerites oxus, Oxycerites rodoensis, Oxycerites subcostarius

Type specimen: UBGD.010051. Its type locality is Andranomantsy I, which is in a Bathonian marine marl in Madagascar.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Andranomantsy I

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