Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Liparoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Ammonites (Amaltheus)
Synonyms: Amaltheus (Proamaltheus) Lange 1932, Nordamaltheus Repin 1968, Proamaltheus Lange 1932
Parent taxon: Amaltheinae according to K. Nakada et al. 2021
See also Frebold 1970, Géczy and Meister 1998, Howarth 1955, Howarth 2013, Meister and Friebe 2003, Sepkoski 2002, Smith and Tipper 1996 and Whitehouse 1926
Sister taxa: Amauroceras, Pleuroceras
Subtaxa: Amaltheus (Amaltheus) Amaltheus (Pseudoamaltheus) Amaltheus bifurcus Amaltheus bondonniensis Amaltheus gibbosus Amaltheus margaritatus Amaltheus orientalis Amaltheus repressus Amaltheus reticularis Amaltheus salebrosum Amaltheus stokesi Amaltheus striatus Amaltheus subnodosus Amaltheus viligaensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Austria (6 collections), Canada (41: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon), France (59), Germany (6), Hungary (12), Iran (2), Italy (1), Japan (8), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (8), Spain (3), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (34), United States (2: Alaska)
Total: 185 collections including 258 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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