Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Alternative spelling: Tongoboroceras
Parent taxon: Pachydiscidae according to V. V. Arkadiev et al. 2000
See also Kennedy 1984, Kennedy 1995, Sepkoski 2002, Wright 1979 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Baskaniceras, Canadoceras, Chimbuites, Eopachydiscus, Eupachydiscus, Hoepenites, Lewesiceras, Menabonites, Menuites, Nowakites, Pachydiscoides, Pachydiscus, Patagiosites, Pseudojacobites, Teshioites, Tuberodiscoides, Urakawites
Subtaxa: Tongoboryceras canali Tongoboryceras hancocki Tongoboryceras kawashitai Tongoboryceras rhodanicum Tongoboryceras satoi Tongoboryceras tongoboryense
Type: Lewesiceras tongoboryense
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Armenia (1), France (5), Japan (2), Madagascar (2), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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