Heteroceras d'Orbigny 1849 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Heteroceratidae

Synonyms: Atopoceras Kilian 1889, Lindigia Karsten 1858

Parent taxon: Heteroceratidae according to C. Frau et al. 2016

See also Aguirre-Urreta and Klinger 1986, King 1993, Klein et al. 2007, Murphy 1975 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Barguesiella, Calanquites, Giovaraites, Hemibaculites, Heteroceratinae, Lazariniceras, Martelites, Uhligia

Subtaxa: Heteroceras (Argvethites) Heteroceras (Heteroceras) Heteroceras astierianum Heteroceras baylei Heteroceras denizoti Heteroceras helicoceroides Heteroceras jeletzkyi Heteroceras veratiae Lindigia nodosum

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Type: Lindigia helicoceroides

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections), Colombia (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (6), Georgia (1), Italy (1), Japan (2), Madagascar (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), South Africa (1), Spain (17), United States (2: Kansas, Wyoming)

Total: 37 collections including 47 occurrences

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