Physodoceras altenense d'Orbigny 1850 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites altenensis

Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1850. Paléontologie Française - Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux mollusques et rayonnés fossiles de France - Terrains jurassiques. [Céphalopodes]. 1((Lvr 55-62):521-632

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

See also d'Orbigny 1850

Sister taxa: Aspidoceras (Physodoceras) circumspinosum, Physodoceras burkarti, Physodoceras gortanii, Physodoceras hoplisus, Physodoceras widerai

Type specimen: MNHN.F.R04156

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Germany (2 collections), Romania (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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