Streblites plicodiscus Waagen 1875 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Alternative combination: Oppelia plicodiscus

Synonym: Streblites habyensis Spath 1928

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1875. Jurassic fauna of Kutch, the Cephalopoda. Palaeontologia Indica, Series 9. Memoir 1(2-4):23-247

Belongs to Streblites according to M. K. Howarth and N. J. Morris 1998

See also Collignon 1959, Howarth 1998 and Spath 1928

Sister taxa: Oppelia (Streblites) quintoensis, Streblites folgariacus, Streblites frotho, Streblites pictus, Streblites tegulatum, Streblites tenuilobatus, Streblites weinlandi

Type specimens:

  • Streblites plicodiscus: Its type locality is Kachchh Katrol Group, which is in a Kimmeridgian offshore siltstone in the Katrol Formation of India
  • Streblites habyensis:

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of India (2 collections), Madagascar (3), Yemen (1)

Total: 6 collections including 9 occurrences

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