Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Alternative combination: Chesapeakella nodatum
Full reference: W. J. Kennedy and W. A. Cobban. 1993. Lower Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) ammonites from the Merchantville Formation of New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware. Journal of Paleontology 67(5):828-849
Belongs to Chesapeakiceras according to M. Gane et al. 2016
See also Kennedy and Cobban 1993
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 445236, a shell. Its type locality is USGS D9719, Chesapeake and DE. Canal [Merchantville Fm], which is in a Santonian marine sandstone in the Merchantville Formation of Delaware.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Delaware collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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