Hengestites (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae

Parent taxon: Placenticeratidae according to A. Mosavinia et al. 2014

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wright et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Baghiceratinae, Gissarites, Hoplitoplacenticeras, Karamaites, Metaplacenticeras, Placenticeras, Proplacenticeras, Rapidoplacenticeratinae, Stantonoceras

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ghorghoreh (Cretaceous of Iran)

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