Leioceras (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Graphoceratidae

Alternative spelling: Lioceras

Synonyms: Cypholioceras Buckman 1899, Manselia Buckman 1899

Parent taxon: Leioceratinae according to M. K. Howarth 2013

See also Schulbert 2001 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Canavarella, Costileioceras, Cylicoceras, Staufenia

Subtaxa: Leioceras capillare Leioceras comptocostosum Leioceras comptum Leioceras costosum Leioceras crassicostatum Leioceras evertens Leioceras goetzendorfense Leioceras lineatum Leioceras opalinum Leioceras paucicostatum Leioceras striatum Leioceras subcostosum Lioceras concavum

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Canada (4: Yukon collections), France (5), Germany (33), Hungary (19), Iran (3), Italy (9), Morocco (1), Spain (11), Tunisia (3), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (8)

Total: 97 collections including 166 occurrences

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