†Hengestites (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Parent taxon: Placenticeratidae according to A. Mosavinia et al. 2014
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Baghiceratinae, Gissarites, Hoplitoplacenticeras, Karamaites, Metaplacenticeras, Placenticeras, Proplacenticeras, Rapidoplacenticeratinae, Stantonoceras
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ghorghoreh (Cretaceous of Iran)
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