Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae
Synonyms: Caleites Venturi and Ferri 2001, Gorgheiceras Venturi and Ferri 2001, Paramorphites Venturi et al. 2007
Parent taxon: Polymorphitinae according to M. K. Howarth 2013
See also Bremer 1965, Geczy and Meister 2007, Sepkoski 2002, Smith and Tipper 1996 and Thomson and Smith 1992
Sister taxa: Gemmellaroceras, Jamesonites, Parinodiceras, Platypleuroceras, Uptonia
Subtaxa: Gorgheiceras gorghense Gorgheiceras planatum Gorgheiceras tuberculatum Polymorphites acutiventris Polymorphites calensis Polymorphites confusus Polymorphites mixtus Polymorphites polymorphus Polymorphites pseudodubari
Type: Ammonites polymorphus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (12: British Columbia collections), France (7), Hungary (2), Italy (2), Mexico (4), the Russian Federation (1), Tunisia (2), Turkey (3), the United Kingdom (10)
Total: 43 collections including 48 occurrences
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