Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Alternative combination: Hamites indicus
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174
Belongs to Glyptoxoceras according to W. J. Kennedy and J. M. Hancock 1993
See also Brunnschweiler 1966, Forbes 1846, Kennedy and Henderson 1992 and Matsumoto 1959
Sister taxa: Glyptoxoceras aquisgranense, Glyptoxoceras brasiliense, Glyptoxoceras circulare, Glyptoxoceras crispatum, Glyptoxoceras ellisoni, Glyptoxoceras largesulcatum, Glyptoxoceras nipponicum, Glyptoxoceras parahybense, Glyptoxoceras retrorsum, Glyptoxoceras rugatum, Glyptoxoceras souqueti, Glyptoxoceras subcompressum, Glyptoxoceras tenuisulcatum, Glyptoxoceras texanum, Glyptoxoceras wakanenei
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of India (1 collection), United States (1: California), Venezuela (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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