Blanfordiceras vetustum Steuer 1897 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Alternative combination: Hoplites vetustus

Full reference: A. Steuer. 1897. Argentinische Jura-Ablagerungen. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Geologie und Paläontologie der argentinischen Anden. Palaeontologische Abhandlungen 7 (N.F. 3):129-222

Belongs to Blanfordiceras according to H. Parent et al. 2011

See also Steuer 1897

Sister taxa: Blanfordiceras (Blanfordiceras), Blanfordiceras acuticosta, Blanfordiceras applanatum, Blanfordiceras boehmi, Blanfordiceras californicum, Blanfordiceras cricki, Blanfordiceras latidomus, Blanfordiceras muktinathense, Blanfordiceras rotundidoma, Blanfordiceras subquadratum, Blanfordiceras tenuicostatum, Blanfordiceras wallichi

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Puente del Ictiosaurio, Los Molles (Jurassic of Argentina)

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