Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Full reference: L. W. Stephenson. 1956. Fossils from the Eutaw Formation, Chattahoochee River region, Alabama-Georgia. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 274-J:227-250
Belongs to Placenticeras according to L. W. Stephenson 1956
Sister taxa: Placenticeras bidorsatum, Placenticeras cumminsi, Placenticeras fritschi, Placenticeras intercalare, Placenticeras kaffrarium, Placenticeras kolbajense, Placenticeras maherndli, Placenticeras mediasiaticum, Placenticeras memoriaschloenbachi, Placenticeras merenskyi, Placenticeras orbignyanum, Placenticeras paraplanum, Placenticeras placenta, Placenticeras polyopsis, Placenticeras pseudoplacenta, Placenticeras semiornatum, Placenticeras syrtale, Placenticeras tamulicum, Placenticeras vancouverense, Placenticeras vredenburgi, Placenticeras whitfieldi
Type specimen: USNM 125049, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (5: Alabama, Georgia collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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