Aspidoceras monacanthum Waagen 1875 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

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

Belongs to Aspidoceras according to W. Waagen 1875

Sister taxa: Aspidoceras acanthicum, Aspidoceras alamitocense, Aspidoceras andinum, Aspidoceras apenninicum, Aspidoceras atavum, Aspidoceras binodiferum, Aspidoceras binodum, Aspidoceras caletanum, Aspidoceras catalaunicum, Aspidoceras euomphalum, Aspidoceras haupti, Aspidoceras haynaldi, Aspidoceras iphiceroides, Aspidoceras iphicerum, Aspidoceras irregulare, Aspidoceras longispinum, Aspidoceras ponderosum, Aspidoceras rafaeli, Aspidoceras raspailii, Aspidoceras rogoznicense, Aspidoceras sesquinodosum, Aspidoceras somalicum, Aspidoceras sparsispinum, Aspidoceras subdistractum, Aspidoceras supraspinosum, Aspidoceras taverai, Aspidoceras tenuispinatum, Aspidoceras wynnei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kachchh Katrol Group, which is in a Kimmeridgian offshore siltstone in the Katrol Formation of India

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kachchh Katrol Group

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