Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Parent taxon: Puzosiinae according to W. J. Kennedy 1999
See also Henderson 1970, Kennedy and Summesberger 1999, Macellari 1986, Sepkoski 2002 and Summesberger 1979
Sister taxa: Abrytusites, Callizoniceras, Feruglioceras, Grandidiericeras, Jimboiceras, Kennicottia, Lytodiscoides, Melchiorites, Mesopuzosia, Oiophyllites, Pachydesmoceras, Parapuzosia, Pseudohaploceras, Pseudosilesites, Puzosia, Umsinenoceras, Valdedorsella
Subtaxa: Kitchinites (Kitchinites) Kitchinites (Neopuzosia) Kitchinites angolaensis Kitchinites darwini Kitchinites ifrimae Kitchinites pondicherryanus Kitchinites spathi Kitchinites spengleri Kitchinites stenomphalus Kitchinites vicentensis
Type: Holcodiscus pondicherryanus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Antarctica (47), Australia (19), Austria (2), Canada (1: British Columbia), Chile (5), India (1), Japan (4), New Zealand (2), the Russian Federation (4), United States (2: California, New Jersey)
Total: 88 collections including 91 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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