†subfamily Spitidiscinae Vermeulen and Thieuloy 1999 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Holcodiscidae

Parent taxon: Holcodiscidae according to P. F. Rawson and M. B. Aguirre-Urreta 2012

See also Aguirre-Urreta and Rawson 2003 and Klein 2005

Sister taxa: Almohadites, Astieridiscus, Gymnoplites, Holcodiscus, Jeanthieuloyites, Jeanthieuolyites, Metahoplites, Parasaynoceras, Pseudovaldedorsella, Taveraidiscus

Subtaxa: Holcoptychites Spitidiscus

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Type: Spitidiscus

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (57 collections), Chile (2), Colombia (3), the Czech Republic (1), France (65), Georgia (1), Italy (8), Morocco (1), Portugal (3), Spain (31), Tunisia (6), United States (2: Oregon)

Total: 180 collections including 229 occurrences

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