Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sonniniidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites tessonianus
Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1846. Paléontologie Française - Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux mollusques et rayonnés fossiles de France - Terrains jurassiques. [Céphalopodes]. 1(Lvr 34-40):369-432
Belongs to Dorsetensia according to R. Enay et al. 1994
See also Sandoval 2022
Sister taxa: Dorsetensia arabica, Dorsetensia edouardiana, Dorsetensia hannoverana, Dorsetensia hebridica, Dorsetensia liostraca, Dorsetensia pinguis, Dorsetensia regrediens, Dorsetensia romani
Type specimen: MNHN.F.R.04188 or BMNH 37228
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dorsetensia tessoniana in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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