Tetragonites lecontei Murphy 1967 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae

Full reference: M. A. Murphy. 1967. The Aptian-Cenomanian members of the ammonite genus Tetragonites. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 69:1-93

Belongs to Tetragonites according to M. A. Murphy 1967

Sister taxa: Litoceras (Tetragonites) zacatecanum, Lytoceras (Tetragonites) kingianum, Neoepigoniceras, Tetragonites (Tetragonites), Tetragonites bournensis, Tetragonites brazoensis, Tetragonites crudus, Tetragonites epigonus, Tetragonites glabrus, Tetragonites jonesi, Tetragonites madagascarensis, Tetragonites margaritatus, Tetragonites marshalli, Tetragonites nautiloides, Tetragonites obscurus, Tetragonites popetensis, Tetragonites pusillus, Tetragonites silencioensis, Tetragonites simplex, Tetragonites subtimotheanus, Epigoniceras epigonum, Tetragonites (Carinites) spathi

Type specimen: UCR 109/1, a shell

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tetragonites lecontei in the database

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