Orbignyceras hirtzi 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 Orbignyceras according to M. Collignon 1958

Sister taxa: Orbignyceras kiliani, Orbignyceras paulowi, Orbignyceras pseudopunctatum, Orbignyceras regulare, Orbignyceras trezeense

Type specimen: UBGD.010161. Its type locality is Manamana, which is in a Callovian marine sandstone in Madagascar.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Manamana

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