Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae
Alternative spelling: Oxytropidoceras (Mirapelia)
Full reference: M. R. Cooper. 1982. Lower Cretaceous (Middle Albian) ammonites from Dombe Grande, Angola. Annals of the South African Museum 89:265-314
Parent taxon: Mojsisovicziinae according to A. Tajika et al. 2018
See also Amédro and Robaszynski 2005, Cooper 1982 and Kennedy and Klinger 2011
Sister taxa: Dipoloceras, Dipoloceroides, Falloticeras, Mojsisovicsia, Mortoniceratoides, Oxytropidoceras, Appudiceras
Subtaxa: Mirapelia buarquianum Oxytropidoceras (Mirapelia) colcanapi Oxytropidoceras (Mirapelia) evansi Oxytropidoceras (Mirapelia) hourcqi Oxytropidoceras (Mirapelia) mirapelianum Oxytropidoceras (Mirapelia) packardi Oxytropidoceras (Mirapelia) sergipense
Type: Ammonites mirapelianus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Brazil (3), Madagascar (2), Peru (1), South Africa (1), Switzerland (1), United States (4: California)
Total: 13 collections including 18 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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