†Chimbuites giganteus Matsumoto and Skwarko 1993 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Full reference: T. Matsumoto and S. K. Skwarko. 1993. Cretaceous ammonites from south-central Papua New Guinea. AGSO Journal of Australia Geology & Geophysics 14:411-433
Belongs to Chimbuites according to T. Matsumoto and S. K. Skwarko 1993
Sister taxa: Chimbuites mirindowensis, Chimbuites sinuosocostatus
Type specimen: CPC 16082, a shell. Its type locality is LW455, Pio Gorge, which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in Papua New Guinea.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 235.0
Distribution: found only at LW455, Pio Gorge
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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