Umgazaniceras Klinger and Kennedy 1979 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Himantoceratidae

Full reference: H. C. Klinger and W. J. Kennedy. 1979. Cretaceous faunas from Southern Africa. Lower Cretaceous ammonites, including a new bochianitid genus, from Umgazana, Transkei. Annals of the South African Museum 78(2):11-19

Parent taxon: Himantoceratidae according to J. Klein et al. 2007

See also Klinger and Kennedy 1979

Sister taxa: Eocrioceratites, Himantoceras

Subtaxa: Umgazaniceras thieuloyi

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Type: Umgazaniceras thieuloyi

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Umgazana River [Umgazana Fm] (Cretaceous of South Africa)

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