Pachyerymnoceras mahipati Jain 2017 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachyceratidae

Full reference: S. Jain. 2017. Occurrences, age and paleobiogeography of rare genera Phlycticeras and Pachyerymnoceras from South Tethys. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 283:119-149

Belongs to Pachyerymnoceras according to S. Jain 2017

Sister taxon: Pachyerymnoceras jarryi

Type specimen: University of Rajasthan Ler/1999/1, a shell. Its type locality is Ler Dome, 6.5 m below Dhosa Oolite, which is in a Callovian marine lime mudstone in India.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 81.5

Distribution: found only at Ler Dome, 6.5 m below Dhosa Oolite

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