Tegoceras Hyatt 1903 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lyelliceratidae

Synonyms: Rauliniceras Douvillé 1911, Tegoceras (Rauliniceras) Douvillé 1911

Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1903. Pseudoceratites of the Cretaceous. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 44:1-351

Parent taxon: Lyelliceratinae according to E. Robert et al. 2009

See also Hyatt 1903, Kennedy and Klinger 2008, Renz 1982, Sepkoski 2002 and Spath 1930

Sister taxa: Lyelliceras, Pseudobrancoceras

Subtaxa: Seunesiceras Tegoceras benavidescaceresi Tegoceras breistrofferi Tegoceras camatteanum Tegoceras collignoni Tegoceras maderoense Tegoceras mosense

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Type: Ammonites mosensis

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Colombia (9 collections), France (3), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), South Africa (4), the United Kingdom (2), Venezuela (1)

Total: 21 collections including 25 occurrences

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