Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pericyclidae
Synonyms: Nautilus (Trematodiscus) Meek and Worthen 1861, Trematodiscus Meek and Worthen 1861
Parent taxon: Ammonellipsitinae according to V. Ebbighausen et al. 2010
See also Arkell et al. 1957, Furnish et al. 2009, Korn 2006, Korn et al. 2022, Loeblich and Tappan 1961, Sepkoski 2002, Teichert et al. 1964 and von Mojsisovics 1882
Sister taxa: Fascipericyclus, Ouaoufilalites, Stenocyclus, Zhifangoceras
Subtaxa: Ammonellipsites asiaticus Ammonellipsites clitheroensis Ammonellipsites conradae Ammonellipsites djaprakensis Ammonellipsites doohylensis Ammonellipsites funatus Ammonellipsites grandicostatus Ammonellipsites hauchecornei Ammonellipsites kayseri Ammonellipsites kochi Ammonellipsites menchikoffi Ammonellipsites multicostatus Ammonellipsites nikitini Ammonellipsites pareyni Ammonellipsites princeps Ammonellipsites serus Ammonellipsites sguilmensis Ammonellipsites subglaber
Type: Ellipsolithes funatus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Algeria (2 collections), the United Kingdom (3), United States (2: Indiana, Kentucky), Uzbekistan (1)
Total: 8 collections including 13 occurrences
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