Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites nera, Neophylloceras nera, Phylloceras (Neophylloceras) nera, Phylloceras nera
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174
Belongs to Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) according to Y. Shigeta and H. Maeda 2005
See also Forbes 1846, Kennedy and Henderson 1992, Marshall 1926, Matsumoto 1984 and Paulcke 1907
Sister taxa: Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) arturoi, Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) groenlandicum, Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) hetonaiense, Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) inflatum, Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) ramosum, Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya, Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) velledaeforme, Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) victriense, Neophylloceras marshalli, Neophylloceras meridianum, Neophylloceras radiatum, Neophylloceras ramosus, Neophylloceras ultimum, Neophylloceras ultinatum, Phylloceras (Neophylloceras) decipiens
Type specimen: Its type locality is Pondicherry, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Valudavur Formation of India
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 19.0
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), India (1), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (6)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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