Macrocephalites Zittel 1884 (ammonite)

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

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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

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