Ptychoceras natrice Anderson 1938 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ptychoceratidae

Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1938. Lower Cretaceous deposits in California and Oregon. Geological Society of America Special Paper 16:1-331

Belongs to Ptychoceras according to F. M. Anderson 1938

Sister taxa: Ptychoceras adpressum, Ptychoceras emericianum, Ptychoceras fauncei, Ptychoceras laeve, Ptychoceras laeve, Ptychoceras poni, Ptychoceras puzosianum, Ptychoceras quadratus

Type specimen: Its type locality is CAS loc1657, Mitchell Creek area, which is in a Barremian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 1657, Mitchell Creek area

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