†family Silesitidae Hyatt 1900 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Silesitidae

Parent taxon: Desmocerataceae according to M. Matsukawa 2021

See also Landra et al. 2000, Medina and Riccardi 2005 and Szives 2007

Sister taxa: Beudanticeratidae, Desmoceratidae, Kossmaticeratidae, Muniericeratidae, Pachydiscidae, Puzosiidae

Subtaxa: Miyakoceras Neoastieria Neosilesites Piatnitzkyceras Silesites

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (7 collections), Argentina (3), Bulgaria (1), Egypt (4), France (2), Hungary (1), Italy (8), Japan (2), Madagascar (4), Mexico (1), Morocco (2), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Slovakia (1), Spain (20), United States (4: California)

Total: 63 collections including 64 occurrences

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