Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Diplomoceras largesulcatum, Hamites largesulcatus, Neohamites largesulcatus
Synonym: Diplomoceras mercedense Anderson 1958
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 R. A. Henderson 1992
See also Anderson 1958, Brunnschweiler 1966, Forbes 1846, Küchler and Odin 2001, Matsumoto 1960 and Summesberger 1979
Sister taxa: Glyptoxoceras aquisgranense, Glyptoxoceras brasiliense, Glyptoxoceras circulare, Glyptoxoceras crispatum, Glyptoxoceras ellisoni, Glyptoxoceras indicum, Glyptoxoceras nipponicum, Glyptoxoceras parahybense, Glyptoxoceras retrorsum, Glyptoxoceras rugatum, Glyptoxoceras souqueti, Glyptoxoceras subcompressum, Glyptoxoceras tenuisulcatum, Glyptoxoceras texanum, Glyptoxoceras wakanenei
Type specimens:
- Glyptoxoceras largesulcatum: Its type locality is Pondicherry, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Valudavur Formation of India
- Diplomoceras mercedense: Its type locality is CAS Loc. 29656 - Ortigalita Creek [Moreno Fm], which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Moreno Formation of California.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (1 collection), Austria (1), France (2), India (1), Madagascar (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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