Metophioceras janus Spath 1924 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Arietitidae

Full reference: L.F. Spath. 1924. The ammonites of the Blue Lias. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 35:186-211, 18 Pl

Belongs to Metophioceras according to L.F. Spath 1924

Sister taxa: Vermiceras (Gyrophioceras), Vermiceras (Paracaloceras), Vermiceras (Vermiceras), Vermiceras densicostatum, Vermiceras spiratissimum, Metophioceras galaczi, Metophioceras conybeari, Metophioceras gracile, Metophioceras bonnardii, Metophioceras rotticus, Metophioceras trigonatum, Metophioceras rotarium, Protocymbites azzouzi

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Metophioceras janus in the database

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