Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Alternative combination: Simaspidoceras irregulare
Belongs to Aspidoceras according to Dacque 1905
Sister taxa: Aspidoceras acanthicum, Aspidoceras alamitocense, Aspidoceras andinum, Aspidoceras apenninicum, Aspidoceras atavum, Aspidoceras binodiferum, Aspidoceras binodum, Aspidoceras caletanum, Aspidoceras catalaunicum, Aspidoceras euomphalum, Aspidoceras haupti, Aspidoceras haynaldi, Aspidoceras iphiceroides, Aspidoceras iphicerum, Aspidoceras longispinum, Aspidoceras monacanthum, Aspidoceras ponderosum, Aspidoceras rafaeli, Aspidoceras raspailii, Aspidoceras rogoznicense, Aspidoceras sesquinodosum, Aspidoceras somalicum, Aspidoceras sparsispinum, Aspidoceras subdistractum, Aspidoceras supraspinosum, Aspidoceras taverai, Aspidoceras tenuispinatum, Aspidoceras wynnei
Type specimen: Its type locality is Atschabo, which is in a Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone in Ethiopia
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Ethiopia (2 collections), Yemen (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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