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 Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) according to W. J. Kennedy 2005
Sister taxa: Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) clavigera, Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) dispar, Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) notha, Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) tenuis, Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) argonautiformis, Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) adkinsi, Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) villoutreysi
Type specimen: USNM 520181, a shell. Its type locality is Medlin (Modlin's) Cemetery, which is in a Cenomanian carbonate marl in the Grayson Marl Formation of Texas.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 40.0
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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