Cheloniceras percrassum Collignon 1962 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae

Full reference: M. Collignon. 1962. Atlas des fossiles caractéristiques de Madagascar (Ammonites). Fascicule IX (Aptien). Service Géologique Tananarive 1-64

Belongs to Cheloniceras according to M. Collignon 1962

Sister taxa: Cheloniceras (Cheloniceras), Cheloniceras (Paracheloniceras), Cheloniceras bradleyi, Cheloniceras buxtorfi, Cheloniceras crassum, Cheloniceras debile, Cheloniceras delagoense, Cheloniceras flenoyi, Cheloniceras gottschei, Cheloniceras irregulare, Cheloniceras martinioides, Cheloniceras neivai, Cheloniceras populorum, Cheloniceras reesidei, Cheloniceras sornayi, Cheloniceras stoliczkanum, Cheloniceras subnodosocostatum, Cheloniceras waageni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hirtz-415, Besavoa (Manera), which is in an Aptian marine horizon in Madagascar

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 57.0

Distribution: found only at Hirtz-415, Besavoa (Manera)

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