Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
Parent taxon: Texanites according to W. J. Kennedy 1995
See also Kennedy and Christensen 1991, Kennedy and Cobban 1991 and Kennedy and Cobban 1993
Sister taxa: Barroisiceras (Texanites) dentatocarinatum, Texanites (Plesiotexanites), Texanites angolanus, Texanites dichotomus, Texanites hourcqi, Texanites kawasakii, Texanites quattuornodosus, Texanites venustus
Subtaxa: Texanites (Texanites) americanus Texanites (Texanites) gallicus Texanites (Texanites) pseudotexanum Texanites (Texanites) quinquenodosus Texanites (Texanites) soutoni Texanites (Texanites) texanus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), Cameroon (3), Denmark (2), France (12), Gabon (1), Lebanon (1), Madagascar (1), South Africa (2), Spain (2), United States (9: Colorado, Delaware, Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 34 collections including 37 occurrences