Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Alternative spelling: Oppelia (Oxycerites)
Synonyms: Limoxyites Westermann 1958, Mesoxyites Westermann 1958, Otoxyites Westermann 1958, Oxycerites (Limoxyites) Westermann 1958, Oxycerites (Mesoxyites) Westermann 1958, Oxycerites (Otoxyites) Westermann 1958, Oxycerites (Pleuroxyites) Buckman 1924, Pleuroxyites Buckman 1924
Full reference: L. Rollier. 1909. Phyllogenie des principaux genres d’ammonoides de l’Oolithique (Dogger) et de l’Oxfordien. Archives des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles,Geneve (4) 28:611-623
Parent taxon: Oppeliidae according to A. Galácz 2019
See also Arkell et al. 1957, Besnosov and Mitta 1993, Imlay 1953, Majidifard 2015, Parent 2006, Sepkoski 2002, Seyed-Emami et al. 2018 and Zatoń 2010
Sister taxa: Aconeceratinae, Bonarelliinae, Bradfordiinae, Bukowskites, Cieneguiticeras, Distichoceratinae, Glochiceras, Glochiceratinae, Hecticoceratinae, Mazapilitinae, Naramoceras, Ochetoceratinae, Oppelia, Oppeliinae, Paroecotraustes, Paroxycerites, Pasottia, Prohecticoceras, Streblitinae, Taramelliceratinae
Subtaxa: Oppelia (Oxycerites) chinitnana Oxycerites (Alcidellus) Oxycerites (Oxycerites) Oxycerites aspidoides Oxycerites besairiei Oxycerites hersilia Oxycerites orbis Oxycerites oxus Oxycerites rodoensis Oxycerites subcostarius
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Argentina (2), Chile (1), France (6), Germany (9), Greenland (1), India (1), Iran (4), Italy (1), Madagascar (8), Poland (22), the Russian Federation (4), Saudi Arabia (2), Switzerland (9), Turkmenistan (4), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (7: Alaska), Uzbekistan (6)
Total: 91 collections including 109 occurrences
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