Lithacosphinctes achilles d'Orbigny 1850 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites achilles

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 Lithacosphinctes according to R. Enay et al. 1994

See also d'Orbigny 1850

Sister taxa: Lithacosphinctes desertorum, Lithacosphinctes janus

Type specimen: MNHN.F.R04158

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lithacosphinctes achilles in the database

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