Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites subcostarius, Oppelia subcostaria
Full reference: A. Oppel. 1862. III: Ueber jurassische Cephalopoden. Palaeontologische Mittheilungen aus dem Museum des Koeniglichen Bayerischen Staates 1:127-262
Belongs to Oxycerites according to R. Schlegelmilch 1985
See also Jeannet 1951 and Waagen 1875
Sister taxa: Oppelia (Oxycerites) chinitnana, Oxycerites (Alcidellus), Oxycerites (Oxycerites), Oxycerites aspidoides, Oxycerites besairiei, Oxycerites hersilia, Oxycerites orbis, Oxycerites oxus, Oxycerites rodoensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 32.2
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (3 collections), Madagascar (3), Switzerland (5)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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