Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Psiloceratidae
Full reference: A. Hillebrandt and K. Kment. 2015. Psiloceratid ammonites from the Lower Hettangian of the Karwendel Mountains (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria) and their biostratigraphic significance. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 277:275-306
Belongs to Psiloceras according to A. Hillebrandt and K. Kment 2015
Sister taxa: Psiloceras (Discamphiceras), Psiloceras calliphylloides, Psiloceras calliphyllum, Psiloceras marcouxi, Psiloceras pacificum, Psiloceras planorbis, Psiloceras plicatulum, Psiloceras polymorphum, Psiloceras pressum, Psiloceras primocostatum, Psiloceras rectocostatum, Psiloceras reynesi, Psiloceras spelae, Psiloceras strongolum, Psiloceras tibeticum, Psiloceras tilmanni, Transipsiloceras transiens
Type specimen: SMNS 70237/10, a shell. Its type locality is Rissbach, southern side of small stream, which is in a Hettangian carbonate limestone in the Kendelbach Formation of Austria.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 52.0
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Austria (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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