Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Parent taxon: Hoplitoplacenticeras according to W. J. Kennedy and H. Summesberger 1999
See also Kennedy et al. 1992
Sister taxa: Hoplitoplacenticeras (Lemfoerdiceras), Hoplitoplacenticeras costulosum, Hoplitoplacenticeras dolbergense, Hoplitoplacenticeras fugen, Hoplitoplacenticeras monju, Hoplitoplacenticeras plasticum, Hoplitoplacenticeras rarecostatum, Hoplitoplacenticeras rejaudryi, Hoplitoplacenticeras vari
Subtaxa: Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) coesfeldiense Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) howarthi Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) marroti Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) plasticum Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) preyi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Austria (2), Chile (2), France (14), Germany (1), the Netherlands (3), South Africa (3), Tajikistan (2), Turkmenistan (2), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 31 collections including 32 occurrences