Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Coilopoceratidae
Alternative combination: Neoptychites wohltmanni
Synonym: Neoptychites (Hoplites) lentiformis von Koenen 1897
Full reference: A. von Koenen. 1897. Ueber Fossilien der unteren Kreide am Ufer des Mungo in Kamerun. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse. Neue Folge 1:3-48
Belongs to Hoplitoides according to O. Renz 1982
See also Solger 1904 and von Koenen 1897
Sister taxa: Hoplitoides crassicostatus, Hoplitoides gibbosulus, Hoplitoides ingens, Hoplitoides koeneni, Hoplitoides latefundatus, Hoplitoides latesellatus, Hoplitoides mirabilis, Hoplitoides sandovalensis, Hoplitoides solgeri
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Cameroon (3 collections), Nigeria (1), Tunisia (1), United States (2: New Mexico)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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