Prionoceras (Imitoceras) werriense Campbell and Engel 1963 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Prionoceratidae

Full reference: K. S. W. Campbell and B. A. Engel. 1963. The faunas of the Tournaisian Tulcumba Sandstone and its members in the Werrie and Belvue synclines, New South Wales. Journal of the Geological Society of Australia 10(1):55-122

Belongs to Prionoceras (Imitoceras) according to K. S. W. Campbell and B. A. Engel 1963

Sister taxa: Imitoceras dimidium, Imitoceras oxydentale, Imitoceras sinuatum, Imitoceras strictum

Type specimen: F.897 U.N.E., a shell. Its type locality is L77, Rangari Section, 7.7 km north, 2.1 km east of Kelvin, which is in a Kinderhookian carbonate limestone in the Rangari limestone Formation of Australia.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at L77, Rangari Section, 7.7 km north, 2.1 km east of Kelvin

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