Orthechioceras viticola Dumortier 1867 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Echioceratidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites viticola

Synonym: Turrilites boblayei d'Orbigny 1843

Full reference: E. Dumortier. 1867. Etudes paléontologiques sur les dépôts jurassiques du Bassin du Rhône. 2. Lias inférieur. 253 pp.

Belongs to Orthechioceras according to B.A. Zaitsev 2021

See also d'Orbigny 1843, Dumortier 1867 and Enay et al. 1994

Sister taxon: Orthechioceras edmundi

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Orthechioceras viticola in the database

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