Brancoceras Steinmann 1881 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Synonym: Hystatoceras Hyatt 1900

Parent taxon: Brancoceratinae according to O. Szives 2007

See also Benavides-Caceres 1956, Bulot et al. 2005, Hyatt 1900, Kennedy 2004, Sepkoski 2002, Spath 1934 and Wright 1952

Sister taxa: Cantabrigites, Erioliceras, Hysteroceras, Neokentroceras, Parabrancoceras

Subtaxa: Brancoceras (Brancoceras) Brancoceras euzebioi Brancoceras parvum Brancoceras senequieri

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Type: Ammonites senequieri

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection), Ecuador (1), France (1), Madagascar (1), Peru (1), United States (1: California)

• Permian of India (1)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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