Caloceras torus d'Orbigny 1844 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Psiloceratidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites torus

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 Caloceras according to R. Enay et al. 1994

See also d'Orbigny 1844

Sister taxa: Caloceras bloomfieldense, Caloceras giganteum, Caloceras pirondi, Caloceras tortile, Caloceras wrighti, Psiloceras (Caloceras) johnstoni, Psiloceras (Caloceras) naumanni

Type specimen: Cherbourg No2777.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Caloceras torus in the database

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