Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Arietitidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites liasicus
Synonym: Ammonites subliasicus Reynes 1879
Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1844. Paléontologie Française - Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux mollusques et rayonnés fossiles de France - Terrains jurassiques. [Céphalopodes]. 1(Lvr 17-27):193-312
Belongs to Alsatites according to L. M. Longridge et al. 2008
See also Enay et al. 1994 and Joly 2000
Sister taxa: Alsatites bipartitus, Alsatites laqueus, Alsatites nigromontanus, Alsatites pamlicoensis, Alsatites proaries
Type specimens:
- Alsatites liasicus: MNHN F R.01297
- Ammonites subliasicus: MNHN.F.R01301.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 37.7
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (1 collection), Austria (2), Canada (3: British Columbia), France (1), Peru (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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