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†family Pseudotissotiidae Hyatt 1903 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae

Alternative spelling: Pseudotissotinae

Parent taxon: Acanthoceratoidea according to M. L. Guendouz et al. 2022

See also Chancellor 1982, Gale et al. 2005, Kennedy 1994, Kennedy et al. 2008, Kennedy and Gale 2016, Kennedy and Simmons 1991, Meister 1989, Meister et al. 1994, Meister et al. 1992, Reyment 1954 and Wright 1952

Sister taxa: Acanthoceratidae, Brancoceratidae, Cleoniceratidae, Coilopoceratidae, Collignoniceratidae, Flickiidae, Forbesiceratidae, Hystatoceratidae, Leymeriellidae, Lyelliceratidae, Mojsisovicsiidae, Peroniceratidae, Prolyelliceratidae, Pseudotissotidae, Sphenodiscidae, Tissotiidae, Vascoceratidae

Subtaxa: Eotissotia Hourcqiinae Hourcquiinae Pseudotissotiinae Thomasites

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (1 collection), Algeria (14), Brazil (3), Cameroon (2), Colombia (1), Egypt (19), France (6), Gabon (6), Japan (1), Jordan (4), Kyrgyzstan (3), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), Morocco (1), Niger (7), Nigeria (40), Oman (1), Peru (1), Portugal (1), Romania (3), Spain (13), Syria (1), Tunisia (14), United States (6: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas)

Total: 151 collections including 232 occurrences

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