Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Alternative combination: Proplacenticeras kaffrarium
Synonym: Placenticeras umkwelanensis Etheridge 1904
Belongs to Placenticeras according to P. L. Sealey and S. G. Lucas 2019
See also Cooper 2003, Kennedy 2018, Kinger and Kennedy 1980 and Klinger and Kennedy 1989
Sister taxa: Placenticeras benningi, Placenticeras bidorsatum, Placenticeras cumminsi, Placenticeras fritschi, Placenticeras intercalare, Placenticeras kolbajense, Placenticeras maherndli, Placenticeras mediasiaticum, Placenticeras memoriaschloenbachi, Placenticeras merenskyi, Placenticeras orbignyanum, Placenticeras paraplanum, Placenticeras placenta, Placenticeras polyopsis, Placenticeras pseudoplacenta, Placenticeras semiornatum, Placenticeras syrtale, Placenticeras tamulicum, Placenticeras vancouverense, Placenticeras vredenburgi, Placenticeras whitfieldi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (3 collections), India (1), Indian Ocean (1), South Africa (14)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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