†Burckhardtites palmensis Young 1974 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Full reference: K. Young. 1974. Lower Albian and Aptian (Cretaceous) ammonites of Texas. Geoscience and Man, Aspects of Trinity Division geology 8:175-228
Belongs to Burckhardtites according to K. Young 1974
Sister taxa: Burckhardtites ehlersi, Burckhardtites nazasensis
Type specimen: WSA-14852, a shell. Its type locality is Old Palm Ranch, Rebecca Creek (Hammett Shale), which is in an Aptian marine shale in the Hammett Shale Formation of Texas.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Old Palm Ranch, Rebecca Creek (Hammett Shale)
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