Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Megaphyllitidae
Parent taxon: Megaphyllitidae according to S. Lukeneder and A. Lukeneder 2014
See also Astakhova 1971, Fantini Sestini 1994, Fantini Sestini 1996, Sepkoski 2002, Spath 1951, Tozer 1981, Tozer 1994, von Mojsisovics 1882 and von Mojsisovics 1896
Sister taxa: Dobrogeites, Humboldtites, Metasturia, Nitanoceras, Ptychopopanoceras
Subtaxa: Megaphyllites applanatus Megaphyllites chiosensis Megaphyllites compressus Megaphyllites evolutus Megaphyllites gebzensis Megaphyllites humilis Megaphyllites insectus Megaphyllites jarbas Megaphyllites johannisboehmi Megaphyllites obolus Megaphyllites oenipontanus Megaphyllites procerus Megaphyllites prometheus Megaphyllites sandalinus Megaphyllites transiens Megaphyllites wildhorsensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic to Jurassic of Chile (1 collection)
• Triassic of Austria (27), Bosnia and Herzegovina (5), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (3), Germany (2), Greece (7), Hungary (1), Italy (19), Malaysia (1), Nepal (2), Oman (1), Romania (3), the Russian Federation (13), Slovenia (3), Tajikistan (2), Türkiye (19), Ukraine (1), United States (19: California, Nevada)
Total: 130 collections including 141 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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