†family Agassiceratinae Spath 1924 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Arietitidae

Alternative spelling: Agassiceratidae

Full reference: L.F. Spath. 1924. The ammonites of the Blue Lias. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 35:186-211, 18 Pl

Parent taxon: Arietitidae according to M. K. Howarth 2013

See also Corna and Dommergues 1995 and Meister and Friebe 2003

Sister taxa: Aegoceras albense, Alsatitinae, Arietitinae, Bartoliniceras, Hypasteroceratinae, Pseudotropitinae

Subtaxa: Agassiceras Euagassiceras

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Argentina (3 collections), Austria (2), Chile (1), China (1), France (2), Germany (4), Hong Kong (1), Romania (1), the United Kingdom (7)

Total: 22 collections including 51 occurrences

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