Placenticeras benningi Stephenson 1956 (ammonite)

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

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