Metacymbites centriglobus Oppel 1862 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Cymbitidae

Alternative combinations: Ammonites centriglobus, Cymbites centriglobus

Full reference: A. Oppel. 1862. III: Ueber jurassische Cephalopoden. Palaeontologische Mittheilungen aus dem Museum des Koeniglichen Bayerischen Staates 1:127-262

Belongs to Metacymbites according to M. K. Howarth 2013

See also Buckman 1894, Meister 1986, Meister 1989, Oppel 1862 and Smith and Tipper 1996

Sister taxa: Cymbites berardi, Cymbites davidsoni, Cymbites globosus, Cymbites laevigatus, Cymbites obesus, Cymbites sternalis

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), France (22)

Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence

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