Piatnitzkyceras Medina and Riccardi 2005 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Silesitidae

Full reference: F. A. Medina and A.C. Riccardi. 2005. Desmoceratidae, Silesitidae and Kossmaticeratidae (Ammonitida) from the Upper Aptian-Albian of Patagonia (Argentina). Revue de Paleobiologie, Geneve 24(1):251-286

Parent taxon: Silesitidae according to F. A. Medina and A.C. Riccardi 2005

Sister taxa: Miyakoceras, Neoastieria, Neosilesites, Silesites

Subtaxa: Piatnitzkyceras bonarellii Piatnitzkyceras infirmum

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Type: Piatnitzkyceras bonarellii

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rio Mayer Fm (580 m) - Estancia La Federica (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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