Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Asteroceratidae
Synonym: Euasteroceras Donovan 1953
Parent taxon: Asteroceratinae according to M. K. Howarth 2013
See also Bremer 1965, Corna and Dommergues 1995, Macchioni et al. 2006 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aegasteroceras, Arctoasteroceras, Asteroceras, Bagnolites, Eparietites, Epophioceras, Epophioceroides, Euerbenites, Parasteroceras, Protechioceras, Ptycharietites, Tmaegophioceras
Subtaxa: Caenisites bordoti Caenisites brooki Caenisites caeneus Caenisites pingue Caenisites plotti Caenisites pulchellus Caenisites turneri
Type: Caenisites caeneus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (9: British Columbia collections), France (4), Germany (7), Mexico (4), Romania (1), Turkey (2), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 32 collections including 52 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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