Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pseudotissotidae
Alternative spellings: Bauchioceras (Wrightoceras), Pseudotissotia (Wrightoceras)
Synonyms: Herrickiceras Cobban and Hook 1980, Imlayiceras Leanza 1967
Full reference: R. A. Reyment. 1954. New Turonian (Cretaceous) ammonite genera from Nigeria. Colonial Geology and Mineral Resources 4(2):149-164
Parent taxon: Pseudotissotidae according to W. J. Kennedy et al. 2008
See also Barber 1957, Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy 2007, Chancellor 1982, Chancellor et al. 1994, Cobban and Hook 1980, Kennedy and Simmons 1991, Kennedy et al. 1987, Meister 1989, Meister et al. 2003, Reyment 1955, Sepkoski 2002, Wright et al. 1996 and Zaborski 1987
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Herrickiceras costatus Wrightoceras llarenai Wrightoceras munieri Wrightoceras submunieri
Type: Bauchioceras (Wrightoceras) wallsi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection), Egypt (1), Gabon (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (3), Nigeria (3), Oman (1), Peru (4), Spain (3), Tunisia (2), United States (5: Colorado, New Mexico, Texas), Venezuela (1)
Total: 26 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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