Sphenodiscus parahybensis Maury 1930 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae

Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1930. O Cretaceo da Parahyba do Norte. Serviço Geologico E Mineralogico do Brasil Monographia 8:1-305

Belongs to Sphenodiscus according to C. J. Maury 1930

Sister taxa: Sphenodiscus aberrans, Sphenodiscus beecheri, Sphenodiscus binkhorsti, Sphenodiscus brasiliensis, Sphenodiscus corroyi, Sphenodiscus intermedius, Sphenodiscus konincki, Sphenodiscus lobatus, Sphenodiscus pleurisepta, Sphenodiscus prepleurisepta, Sphenodiscus siva, Sphenodiscus stantoni, Sphenodiscus ubaghsi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Right bank of Rio Gramame (Sphenodiscus zone), which is in a Maastrichtian/Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Gramame Formation of Brazil

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Right bank of Rio Gramame (Sphenodiscus zone)

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