Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Mammites (Pseudaspidoceras)
Synonym: Ampakabites Collignon 1965
Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1903. Pseudoceratites of the Cretaceous. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 44:1-351
Parent taxon: Euomphaloceratinae according to M. L. Guendouz et al. 2022
See also Aly et al. 2008, Barroso-Barcenilla 2007, Benavides-Caceres 1956, Bengtson 1983, Chancellor 1982, Gale et al. 2005, Howarth 1985, Ifrim and Stinnesbeck 2007, Kennedy and Simmons 1991, Kennedy et al. 1987, Meister 1989, Meister et al. 1992, Meister et al. 2003, Reyment 1954, Sepkoski 2002, Wright et al. 1996 and Zaborski 1995
Sister taxa: Burroceras, Codazziceras, Euomphaloceras, Hourcqiceras, Kamerunoceras, Lotzeites, Morrowites, Paraburroceras, Paramammites, Romaniceras
Subtaxa: Pseudaspidoceras armatum Pseudaspidoceras barberi Pseudaspidoceras conciliatum Pseudaspidoceras curvicostatum Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum Pseudaspidoceras footeanum Pseudaspidoceras paganum Pseudaspidoceras pseudonodosoides Pseudaspidoceras reesidei Pseudaspidoceras tassaraensis
Type: Ammonites footeanus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (3 collections), Angola (1), Brazil (3), Colombia (2), Egypt (4), Gabon (2), Germany (3), India (1), Jordan (4), Libya (3), Mexico (6), Niger (5), Nigeria (17), Oman (1), the Russian Federation (1), Tunisia (3), United States (12: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Utah), Venezuela (3)
Total: 74 collections including 80 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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