Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Ammonites (Aspidoceras)
Parent taxon: Aspidoceratinae according to M. S. Mesezhnikov 1984
See also Garrido et al. 2018, Sepkoski 2002 and Verma and Westermann 1973
Sister taxa: Chinamecaceras, Cubaspidoceras, Epaspidoceras, Extranodites, Glabrophysodoceras, Intranodites, Neaspidoceras, Orthaspidoceras, Pseudowaagenia, Schaireria, Simaspidoceras, Benetticeras
Subtaxa: Aspidoceras acanthicum Aspidoceras alamitocense Aspidoceras andinum Aspidoceras apenninicum Aspidoceras atavum Aspidoceras binodiferum Aspidoceras binodum Aspidoceras caletanum Aspidoceras catalaunicum Aspidoceras euomphalum Aspidoceras haupti Aspidoceras haynaldi Aspidoceras iphiceroides Aspidoceras iphicerum Aspidoceras irregulare Aspidoceras longispinum Aspidoceras monacanthum Aspidoceras ponderosum Aspidoceras rafaeli Aspidoceras rogoznicense Aspidoceras sesquinodosum Aspidoceras somalicum Aspidoceras sparsispinum Aspidoceras subdistractum Aspidoceras supraspinosum Aspidoceras taverai Aspidoceras tenuispinatum Aspidoceras wynnei
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Italy (1 collection), Yemen (5)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Chile (2), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of Algeria (6), Antarctica (1), Argentina (4), Chile (2), Ethiopia (2), France (14), Germany (8), Hungary (5), India (4), Iran (1), Italy (9), Madagascar (11), Mexico (4), Portugal (1), Romania (16), the Russian Federation (10), Somalia (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (2), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Texas), Yemen (7)
Total: 121 collections including 153 occurrences
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