Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Alternative spelling: Hoplites (Berriasella)
Parent taxon: Berriasellinae according to C. González-Arreola et al. 2017
See also Arkadiev and Bogdanova 2005, Frau et al. 2016, Klein 2005, Sepkoski 2002 and Verma and Westermann 1973
Sister taxa: Andiceras, Banikoceras, Blanfordiceras, Chigaroceras, Delphinella, Ellenaela, Euthymiceras, Fauriella, Hegaratella, Kossmatia, Lytohoplites, Malbosiceras, Neocosmoceras, Paraboliceras, Paraboliceratoides, Parandiceras, Renngarteniceras, Strambergella, Substeueroceras, Taleshites, Tirnovella, Riasanites
Subtaxa: Berriasella (Berriasella) Berriasella (Malbosiceras) Berriasella berthei Berriasella calisto Berriasella callisto Berriasella carpathica Berriasella colombiana Berriasella jacobi Berriasella oppeli Berriasella picteti Berriasella sabatasi Berriasella subprivasensis Berriasella zacatecana
Type: Ammonites privasensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), China (1), Colombia (5), the Czech Republic (11), France (14), Hungary (5), India (2), Iran (5), Iraq (4), Mexico (3), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (25), Ukraine (9), Yemen (6)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), Chile (4), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (2), Argentina (3), Colombia (1), Cuba (1), Iraq (3), Mexico (15), Nepal (1), Peru (1), United States (1: California), Yemen (1)
Total: 135 collections including 176 occurrences
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