Hyphantoceras Hyatt 1900 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Synonym: Euhyphantoceras Shimizu 1935

Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1900. Cephalopoda. Textbook of Palaeontology 1:502-604

Parent taxon: Nostoceratidae according to W. J. Kennedy and A. S. Gale 2015

See also Arkell et al. 1957, Brunnschweiler 1966, Kennedy 1995, Klinger 1985, Sepkoski 2002, Shimizu 1935, Summesberger 1979, Summesberger 1980, Thomel 1988, Wright 1952 and Wright 1979

Sister taxa: Amapondella, Anaklinoceras, Ankinatsytes, Axonoceras, Bostrychoceras, Bostrychoceratinae, Cirroceras, Didymoceras, Emperoceratinae, Eubostrychoceras, Exicrioceras, Exiteloceras, Helicoceras, Hyphantoceratinae, Jouaniceras, Morewites, Neoturrilites, Nipponites, Nostoceras, Notoceras, Pravitoceras, Tridenticeras, Turrilitoides

Subtaxa: Hyphantoceras (Hyphantoceras) Hyphantoceras (Madagascarites) Hyphantoceras ceratopse Hyphantoceras irregulare Hyphantoceras oshimai Hyphantoceras plicatum Hyphantoceras venustum

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Type: Hamites reussianus

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), France (4), Germany (7), Japan (10), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (6), United States (16: California, Oregon)

Total: 49 collections each including a single occurrence

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