Physodoceras hoplisus Oppel 1863 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites hoplisus

Full reference: A. Oppel. 1863. III: Über jurassische Cephalopoden (continued). Palaeontologische Mittheilungen aus dem Museum des Koeniglich-Bayerischen Staates 163-266

Belongs to Physodoceras according to A. Scherzinger et al. 2018

See also Oppel 1863

Sister taxa: Aspidoceras (Physodoceras) circumspinosum, Physodoceras altenense, Physodoceras burkarti, Physodoceras gortanii, Physodoceras widerai

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Eichstätt, Solnhofen (Oppel collection) (Jurassic of Germany)

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