Metophioceras bonnardii d'Orbigny 1844 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Arietitidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites bonnardii

Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1844. Paléontologie Française - Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux mollusques et rayonnés fossiles de France - Terrains jurassiques. [Céphalopodes]. 1(Lvr 17-27):193-312

Belongs to Metophioceras according to R. Enay et al. 1994

See also d'Orbigny 1844

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

Type specimen: MNHN F R.04077

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

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

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