Chesapeakiceras nodatum Kennedy and Cobban 1993 (ammonite)

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

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