Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Alternative combination: Proplacenticeras pseudoplacenta
Belongs to Placenticeras according to P. L. Sealey and S. G. Lucas 2019
See also Cobban 1983, Reeside 1955 and Sealey and Lucas 2011
Sister taxa: Placenticeras benningi, Placenticeras bidorsatum, Placenticeras cumminsi, Placenticeras fritschi, Placenticeras intercalare, Placenticeras kaffrarium, Placenticeras kolbajense, Placenticeras maherndli, Placenticeras mediasiaticum, Placenticeras memoriaschloenbachi, Placenticeras merenskyi, Placenticeras orbignyanum, Placenticeras paraplanum, Placenticeras placenta, Placenticeras polyopsis, Placenticeras semiornatum, Placenticeras syrtale, Placenticeras tamulicum, Placenticeras vancouverense, Placenticeras vredenburgi, Placenticeras whitfieldi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), United States (8: Minnesota, New Mexico, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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