Pleurechioceras deciduum Hyatt 1867 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Echioceratidae

Alternative combination: Ophioceras deciduum

Synonym: Ammonites nodotianus Hauer 1856 [replaced name]

Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1867. The fossil Cephalopoda of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 1:71-102

Belongs to Pleurechioceras according to A. E. Trueman and D. M. Williams 1925

See also Hauer 1856 and Hyatt 1867

Sister taxa: Echioceras carusense, Echioceras delicatum, Echioceras intermedium, Echioceras microdiscus, Echioceras natrix, Echioceras quenstedti, Echioceras raricostatoides, Echioceras raricostatum

Type specimens:

  • Pleurechioceras deciduum: GBW 1856/001/0010
  • Ammonites nodotianus: GBA 1856/001/0010.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pleurechioceras deciduum in the database

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