Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Macrocephalitidae
Full reference: K. A. v. Zittel. 1884. Handbuch der Palaeontologie. I. Abteilung Paleozoologie. II. Band. Mollusca und Arthropoda (Cephalopoda). 329-522
Parent taxon: Macrocephalitidae according to W. J. Arkell et al. 1957
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Dolikephalites, Eucycloceras, Idiocycloceras, Indocephalites, Kamptokephalites, Nothocephalites, Pleurocephalites, Subkossmatia
Subtaxa: Macrocephalites cadoceroides Macrocephalites jacquoti Macrocephalites macrocephalus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Chile (4 collections), China (2), France (13), Germany (9), India (3), Madagascar (29), Mexico (2), New Zealand (1), Poland (1), Spain (6), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Switzerland (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 74 collections including 103 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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