Ammonites nevadanus Gabb 1870 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1870. Descriptions of some secondary fossils from the Pacific states. American Journal of Conchology 5:5-18

Belongs to Ammonites according to W. M. Gabb 1870

See also Hyatt 1894 and Macchioni et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Ammonites (Oecotraustes), Ammonites acanthopsis, Ammonites archelaus, Ammonites biplex, Ammonites breynii, Ammonites bucklandi, Ammonites collenotii, Ammonites complanata, Ammonites coronatum, Ammonites coupei, Ammonites crenatus, Ammonites czenstochaviensis, Ammonites dentatus, Ammonites emilianus, Ammonites euglyptus, Ammonites ferstli, Ammonites fimbriatus, Ammonites folleatus, Ammonites frickensis, Ammonites hungaricus, Ammonites irius, Ammonites jamesoni, Ammonites jupiter, Ammonites kammerkarensis, Ammonites klettgovianus, Ammonites lineatus, Ammonites lochense, Ammonites mackayi, Ammonites maclurei, Ammonites margaritatus, Ammonites ornatus, Ammonites pedernalis, Ammonites pseudoaries, Ammonites sagei, Ammonites scissum, Ammonites sowerbyi, Ammonites striatisulcatus, Ammonites szaboi, Ammonites tchefkini, Ammonites tenuistriatus, Ammonites thouarsensis, Ammonites toucasianus, Ammonites trautscholdi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Volcano (Pilot Mountains), which is in a Lacian marine limestone in the Luning Formation of Nevada

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Volcano (Pilot Mountains)

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