Sulciferites greenoughi Sowerby 1816 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Schlotheimiidae

Alternative combinations: Ammonites greenoughi, Schlotheimia greenoughi

Full reference: J. Sowerby. 1816. The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. Parts XXI to XXVI. The mineral conchology of Great Britain 2(21-26):29-116

Belongs to Sulciferites according to D.T. Donovan and G.A. Kellaway 1984

See also Sowerby 1816 and Spath 1915

Sister taxa: Angulaticeras (Angulaticeras), Angulaticeras angustisulcata, Angulaticeras boucaultianum, Angulaticeras cachinensis, Angulaticeras charmassei, Angulaticeras coquandi, Angulaticeras deletum, Angulaticeras densilobatum, Angulaticeras dumitricai, Angulaticeras etruscum, Angulaticeras flaghillense, Angulaticeras lacunatum, Angulaticeras leigneletii, Angulaticeras marmoreum, Angulaticeras ochoticum, Angulaticeras posttaurinus, Angulaticeras rotundum, Angulaticeras rumpens, Angulaticeras sulcatum, Hesperites clarae, Angulaticeras (Sulciferites) chtelnicaense, Angulaticeras (Sulciferites) marmoreum, Angulaticeras (Sulciferites) helvii, Sulciferites hongkongensis, Charmasseiceras hercynicum, Charmasseiceras strassenense

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sulciferites greenoughi in the database

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