Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Knemiceratidae
Alternative spelling: Knemiceras (Platiknemiceras)
Full reference: J. Bataller. 1954. Los Engonoceratidos en España. Dr D. F. Pardillo Vaquer homenaje postumo, Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad de Barcelona 173-178
Parent taxon: Knemiceratidae according to L. G. Bulot 2010
See also Casey 1961, Kennedy et al. 1998 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Glottoceras, Hypengonoceras, Knemiceras, Parengonoceras
Subtaxa: Platiknemiceras bassei Platiknemiceras flexuosum Platiknemiceras hachourii
Type: Knemiceras (Platiknemiceras) bassei
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Peru (2 collections), United States (2: Texas), Venezuela (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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