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Cantabrigites aff. cantabrigense

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Ammonite

Mussel Member, Albian

Differs from C. cantabrigense by having a taller, elliptical whorl-section, a very weak siphonal keel and weaker ribbing. Caracters might indicate an adaptation to faster swimming.

References: Jattiot R., Lehmann J., Latutrie B, Vuarin P., Tajika A. and Vennin E., 2021: Reappraisal of the latest Albian (Mortoniceras fallax Zone) cephalopod fauna from the classical Salazac locality (Gard, southeastern France). Geobios 64(3), p.1-46