Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae
Synonym: Australiceras Whitehouse 1926
Parent taxon: Ancyloceratinae according to I. M. Stenshin et al. 2014
See also Förster 1975, Förster and Weier 1983, McKenzie et al. 2014, Sepkoski 2002 and Whitehouse 1926
Sister taxa: Acanthoptychoceras, Acrioceras, Ancyloceras, Caspianites, Dirrymoceras, Epancyloceras, Huastecoceras, Jaubertites, Pseudoancyloceras, Sarkariceras, Tonohamites, Toxancyloceras, Ulyanovskiceras, Virgonisites
Subtaxa: Australiceras (Proaustraliceras) Australiceras argus Australiceras gracile Australiceras mozambiquense Tropaeum (Tropaeum) Tropaeum antarcticum Tropaeum arcticum Tropaeum australe Tropaeum caseyi Tropaeum hillsi Tropaeum imperator Tropaeum irregulare Tropaeum jackii Tropaeum lampros Tropaeum leptum Tropaeum percostatum Tropaeum subsimbirskense
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (4 collections), Argentina (7), Australia (12), France (2), Georgia (1), Germany (2), India (2), Iran (2), Madagascar (1), Morocco (1), Mozambique (5), the Russian Federation (4), South Africa (5), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (25), United States (3: California)
Total: 81 collections including 116 occurrences
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