Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
Alternative spellings: Litoceras (Tetragonites), Lytoceras (Tetragonites)
Synonyms: Carinites Wiedmann 1973, Epigoniceras, Tetragonites (Carinites) Wiedmann 1973
Parent taxon: Tetragonitidae according to Y. Shigeta and H. Maeda 2023
See also Böse 1923, Cooper 1978, Cooper and Kennedy 1979, El Qot 2018, Förster 1975, Gautam et al. 2019, Geyer et al. 1997, Henderson 1970, Hoffmann 2010, Kennedy 1994, Kennedy 1995, Kennedy 2005, Kennedy et al. 2007, Kennedy and Jolkicev 2004, Matsumoto 1959, Murphy 1967, Paulcke 1907, Renz 1982, Sepkoski 2002, Shigeta 2016, Shimizu 1935, Szives 2007, Wright et al. 1996 and Wright and Kennedy 1984
Sister taxa: Argonauticeras, Gabbioceratinae, Gaudryceratinae, Pseudophyllites, Saghalinites, Tetragonitinae
Subtaxa: Epigoniceras epigonum Litoceras (Tetragonites) zacatecanum Lytoceras (Tetragonites) kingianum Neoepigoniceras Tetragonites (Carinites) spathi Tetragonites (Tetragonites) Tetragonites bournensis Tetragonites brazoensis Tetragonites crudus Tetragonites epigonus Tetragonites glabrus Tetragonites jonesi Tetragonites lecontei Tetragonites madagascarensis Tetragonites margaritatus Tetragonites marshalli Tetragonites nautiloides Tetragonites obscurus Tetragonites popetensis Tetragonites silencioensis Tetragonites simplex Tetragonites subtimotheanus
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (6 collections), Antarctica (12), Argentina (1), Austria (1), Brazil (1), Bulgaria (2), Canada (25: British Columbia), Chile (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Egypt (6), France (22), Georgia (1), Germany (3), Hungary (1), India (1), Iran (1), Italy (1), Japan (33), Madagascar (3), Mexico (2), Mozambique (1), New Zealand (4), the Russian Federation (18), Spain (2), Tunisia (1), United States (39: Alaska, California, Oregon, Texas), Venezuela (1)
Total: 190 collections including 219 occurrences
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