Rhytidoceras Van Hoepen 1931 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Synonym: Diplasioceras

Full reference: E. C. N. Van Hoepen. 1931. Die Krytfauna van Soeloeland. II. Voorlopige Beskrywing van Enige Soeloelandse Ammoniete. I. Lophoceras, Rhytidoceras, Drepanoceras, en Deiradoceras. Paleontologiese Navorsing van die Nasionale Museum, Bloemfontein 1(2):39-54

Parent taxon: Brancoceratidae according to E. C. N. Van Hoepen 1931

See also Bulot et al. 2005, Sepkoski 2002 and Wright et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Brancoceratinae, Mortoniceratinae

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Andranofotsy (Cretaceous of Madagascar)

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