†Metaplacenticeras Spath 1926 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Parent taxon: Placenticeratidae according to Y. Shigeta 2016
See also Matsumoto 1959, Matsumoto 1984 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Baghiceratinae, Gissarites, Hengestites, Hoplitoplacenticeras, Karamaites, Placenticeras, Proplacenticeras, Rapidoplacenticeratinae, Stantonoceras
Subtaxa: Metaplacenticeras bowersi Metaplacenticeras californicum Metaplacenticeras pacificum Metaplacenticeras sanctaemonicae Metaplacenticeras subtilistriatum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (3 collections), Japan (11), United States (29: California)
Total: 43 collections including 53 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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