Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Knemiceratidae
Full reference: J. Böhm. 1898. Über Ammonites pedernalis Von Buch. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 50:183-201
Parent taxon: Knemiceratidae according to J. L. Latil and E. Jaillard 2023
See also Bulot 2010, El Qot 2018, Geyer et al. 1997, Kennedy and Simmons 1991, Renz 1982, Sepkoski 2002 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Glottoceras, Hypengonoceras, Parengonoceras, Platiknemiceras
Subtaxa: Knemiceras (Iranoknemiceras) Knemiceras (Omaimaiceras) Knemiceras aegyptiacum Knemiceras arambourgi Knemiceras compressum Knemiceras deserti Knemiceras douvillei Knemiceras dubertreti Knemiceras flexiloculosum Knemiceras gracile Knemiceras gracilecostatum Knemiceras iraniense Knemiceras kazhdumiense Knemiceras lanceolatum Knemiceras libertadense Knemiceras multicostatum Knemiceras saadense Knemiceras sagetae Knemiceras saharae Knemiceras spathi Knemiceras subcomplicatum Knemiceras subcompressum Knemiceras syriacum Knemiceras toussainti Knemiceras tunisiense Knemiceras uhligi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (17 collections), France (1), North Atlantic (1), Oman (1), Peru (11), Portugal (1), Tunisia (16), United States (1: New Mexico), Venezuela (2)
Total: 51 collections including 68 occurrences
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