Idoceras ahwarense Howarth 1998 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Full reference: M.K. Howarth. 1998. Ammonites and nautiloids from the Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous of Wadi Hajar, southern Yemen. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Geology) 54(1):33-107

Belongs to Idoceras according to M.K. Howarth 1998

Sister taxa: Idoceras balderum, Idoceras hararinum, Idoceras inflatum, Idoceras minutum, Idoceras mutabile, Idoceras neohispanicum, Idoceras pinonense, Idoceras planula, Idoceras rufanum, Idoceras sautieri, Subnebrodites planula

Type specimen: BMNH C.71097. Its type locality is GhanĂ¢m al-Kuffar, Wadi Ahwar, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine horizon in Yemen.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Yemen (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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