Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Synonyms: Amblydiscus Adkins 1933, Fallotites Wiedmann 1960
Parent taxon: Mammitinae according to M. Benzaggagh et al. 2017
See also Barroso-Barcenilla 2004, Barroso-Barcenilla 2007, Cobban 1988, Kennedy 1994, Kennedy and Cobban 1988, Kennedy and Gale 2016, Sepkoski 2002, Summesberger 1992 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Buccinammonites, Buchiceras, Cryptometoicoceras, Dunveganoceras, Fikaites, Mammites, Metasigaloceras, Metoicoceras, Mitonia, Nannometoicoceras, Parabuchiceras, Paracompsoceras, Plesiacanthoceras, Praemetoicoceras, Pseudoaspidoceras, Rhamphidoceras, Texacanthoceras
Subtaxa: Spathites (Ingridella) Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) Spathites (Spathites) Spathites coahuilaensis Spathites puercoensis Spathites rioensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), Brazil (1), France (15), Germany (3), India (1), Mexico (5), Morocco (1), Nigeria (2), Romania (3), Spain (23), Tunisia (1), United States (52: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 108 collections including 124 occurrences
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