Paraspidoceras rupellensis d'Orbigny 1850 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Alternative combinations: Ammonites rupellensis, Euaspidoceras rupellensis

Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1850. Paléontologie Française - Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux mollusques et rayonnés fossiles de France - Terrains jurassiques. [Céphalopodes]. 1((Lvr 55-62):521-632

Belongs to Paraspidoceras according to P. Hantzpergue 1987

See also Collignon 1959, d'Orbigny 1850 and Hantzpergue 1989

Sister taxa: Paraspidoceras colloti, Paraspidoceras edwardsianum, Paraspidoceras meriani

Type specimen: MNHN R04157

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Paraspidoceras rupellensis in the database

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