Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Anisoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Hamites (Anisoceras)
Parent taxon: Anisoceratidae according to J. P. Gautam et al. 2019
See also Arkadiev et al. 2000, Cantu-Chapa 1962, Cobban 1972, Cooper and Kennedy 1979, Förster 1975, Henderson 1990, Kennedy 1994, Kennedy 2005, Kennedy et al. 1988, Kennedy et al. 1998, Kennedy et al. 2008, Kennedy and Latil 2007, Reyment 1955, Sepkoski 2002, Szives 2007, Whitehouse 1926 and Wright 1979
Sister taxa: Algerites, Allocrioceras, Idiohamites, Metahamites, Ndumuiceras, Phlycticrioceras, Prohelicoceras, Protanisoceras, Rossalites, Tarrantites
Subtaxa: Anisoceras (Anisoceras) Anisoceras armatum Anisoceras arrogans Anisoceras charlottense Anisoceras draconis Anisoceras exoticum Anisoceras haasi Anisoceras oldhamianum Anisoceras perarmatum Anisoceras phillipsi Anisoceras plicatilis Anisoceras pseudoelegans Anisoceras raynaudi Anisoceras reidi Anisoceras saussureanus Anisoceras spathi Anisoceras subarcuatum Anisoceras subundulatum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (7 collections), Armenia (1), Australia (2), Belgium (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), France (36), Germany (2), India (2), Italy (1), Japan (3), Madagascar (6), Mexico (1), Mozambique (2), Nigeria (2), Pakistan (1), South Africa (1), Spain (3), Switzerland (2), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (22: Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 107 collections including 156 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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