†family Phricodoceratidae Spath 1938 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Phricodoceratidae

Alternative spelling: Phricodoceratinae

Synonyms: Epideroceratidae Dommergues and Meister 1999, Villaniinae Arkell 1957

Parent taxon: Eoderoceratoidea according to M. K. Howarth 2013

See also Blau 1998, Bremer 1965, Donovan and Surlyk 2003, Frebold 1970, Hillebrandt 2006, Meister and Friebe 2003 and Smith and Tipper 1996

Sister taxa: Coeloceratidae, Dactylioceratidae, Eoderoceratidae, Liparoceratidae, Polymorphitidae

Subtaxa: Capreoliceras Foetterleiceras Phricodoceras Pseudophricodoceras Pseuduptonia Villania

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Austria (27 collections), Canada (1: British Columbia), Chile (1), Denmark (1), France (3), Germany (1), Hungary (5), Italy (2), Morocco (5), Tunisia (3), Turkey (20), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (9)

Total: 79 collections including 123 occurrences

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