Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Deshayesitidae
Alternative spellings: Dufrenoya, Parahoplites (Dufrenoyia)
Parent taxon: Deshayesitinae according to O. Szives 2007
See also Barragán and Maurrasse 2008, Casey 1980, Renz 1982, Sepkoski 2002 and Stoyanow 1949
Sister taxa: Deshayesites, Prodeshayesites
Subtaxa: Dufrenoyia codazziana Dufrenoyia dufrenoyi Dufrenoyia furcata Dufrenoyia justinae Dufrenoyia katalinae
Type: Ammonites dufrenoyi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (16 collections), Germany (1), Iran (5), Mexico (28), Morocco (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (13), United States (19: Arizona, Louisiana, Texas), Venezuela (3)
Total: 88 collections including 133 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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