Sharpeiceras Hyatt 1903 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Synonym: Tlahualiloceras Kellum and Mintz 1962

Parent taxon: Mantelliceratinae according to G. M. El Qot 2018

See also Benavides-Caceres 1956, Kellum and Mintz 1962, Kennedy 1994, Kennedy 2005, Kennedy 2013, Kennedy 2014, Sepkoski 2002, Sharifi et al. 2016, Wright et al. 1996 and Zaborski 1985

Sister taxa: Graysonites, Mantelliceras, Mhriliceras, Mrhiliceras, Submantelliceras, Utaturiceras

Subtaxa: Sharpeiceras australe Sharpeiceras falloti Sharpeiceras florencae Sharpeiceras laticlavium Sharpeiceras mexicanum Sharpeiceras mocambiquense Sharpeiceras schlueteri Sharpeiceras tlahualiloensis

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Type: Ammonites laticlavius

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (11 collections), Brazil (1), Egypt (1), France (6), Iran (1), Japan (2), Madagascar (5), Mexico (2), Nigeria (1), Peru (2), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: Texas), Venezuela (1)

Total: 39 collections including 44 occurrences

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