Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Prolyelliceratidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 184970

Alternative combinations: Acanthoceras prorsocurvatum, Ralphimlayites prorsocurvatum

Synonym: Prolyelliceras peruvianum Spath 1930 (taxon 144608)

Full reference: K. Gerhardt. 1897. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Kreideformation in Columbien. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Beilage Band 11:118-208

Belongs to Prolyelliceras according to J.-L. Latil et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Prolyelliceras alternatum, Prolyelliceras apuloense, Prolyelliceras carvajalorum, Prolyelliceras gevreyi, Prolyelliceras isaaclei, Prolyelliceras lobatum, Prolyelliceras mathewsi, Prolyelliceras pseudolyelliforme, Prolyelliceras ulrichi

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell width 21.0, shell diameter 62.5