Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lyelliceratidae
Full reference: W. J. Kennedy. 2005. Taxonomic names, in Upper Albian and Lower Cenomanian ammonites from the Main Street Limestone, Grayson Marl and Del Rio Clay in northeast Texas. Cretaceous Research 26:349-428
Belongs to Neophlycticeras (Neophlycticeras) according to W. J. Kennedy 2005
Sister taxa: Neophlycticeras (Neophlycticeras) brottianum, Neophlycticeras (Neophlycticeras) rhodanense, Neophlycticeras (Neophlycticeras) texanum, Stoliczkaia (Faraudiella) roemeri, Stoliczkaia (Faraudiella) borachoensis, Stoliczkaia (Faraudiella) francisocensis, Stoliczkaia (Faraudiella) archerae
Type specimen: USNM 520185, a shell. Its type locality is Between Mansfield Road and the Federal Narcotics Farm, which is in a Cenomanian carbonate carbonate in Texas.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 78.5
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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