Canavaria Gemmellaro 1886 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Synonyms: Naxensiceras Vecchia 1949, Oregonites Wiedenmayer 1980

Parent taxon: Harpoceratinae according to M. Benzaggagh et al. 2023

See also Hillebrandt 2006, Howarth 1955, Howarth 2013, Sepkoski 2002, Smith and Tipper 1996 and Thomson and Smith 1992

Sister taxa: Cleviceras, Eleganticeras, Harpoceras, Maconiceras, Neolioceratoides, Osperleioceras, Ovaticeras, Polyplectus, Praepolyplectus, Pseudolioceras, Sphenarpites, Taffertia, Tiltoniceras

Subtaxa: Canavaria (Canavaria) Canavaria cultraroi Canavaria haugi Canavaria rosenbergi Canavaria zancleana Oregonites dawsoni

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Type: Harpoceras (Dumortieria) haugi

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Algeria (1 collection), Argentina (2), Canada (3: British Columbia), Chile (3), Hungary (4), Iran (1), Italy (2), Japan (1), Morocco (4), Spain (31), Tunisia (2), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 55 collections including 69 occurrences

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