Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Full reference: W. J. Kennedy and H. Summesberger. 1999. New Late Campanian ammonites from the Gschliefgraben near Gmuden (Ultrahelvetic, Austria). Beiträge zur Paläontologie 24:23-39
Belongs to Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) according to W. J. Kennedy and H. Summesberger 1999
Sister taxa: Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) coesfeldiense, Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) howarthi, Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) marroti, Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) plasticum
Type specimen: NHMWz1998/29/0013, a shell. Its type locality is Gschliefgraben, Gmunden, Late Campanian, which is in a Campanian offshore lime mudstone in Austria.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Gschliefgraben, Gmunden, Late Campanian
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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