Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Schlotheimiidae
Alternative spelling: Waehneroceras (Kammerkarites)
Synonym: Megastomoceras Lange 1941
Full reference: L.F. Spath. 1924. The ammonites of the Blue Lias. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 35:186-211, 18 Pl
Parent taxon: Schlotheimiidae according to M. K. Howarth 2013
See also Guex 1995, Meister et al. 2010 and Yin et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Angulaticeras, Macrogrammites, Saxoceras, Schlotheimia, Waehneroceras
Subtaxa: Kammerkarites chinchillaensis Kammerkarites diploptychoides Kammerkarites diploptychum Kammerkarites frigga Kammerkarites haploptychus Kammerkarites megastoma Kammerkarites paucicostatum Kammerkarites praecoronoides Kammerkarites rahana Kammerkarites rectiradiatus Kammerkarites tumescens
Type: Aegoceras diploptychum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (1 collection), Austria (6), Canada (21: British Columbia), Chile (12), China (1), Italy (3), New Caledonia (7), Peru (1), United States (15: Alaska, Nevada)
Total: 67 collections including 83 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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