Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Cardioceratidae
Parent taxon: Cardioceratinae according to J. K. Wright 2012
See also Arkell et al. 1957, Arthur et al. 1993, Schlegelmilch 1994 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bourkelamberticeras, Cuneicardioceras, Eboraciceras, Goliathiceras, Goliathites, Herznachites, Hoplocardioceras, Korythoceras, Lamberticeras, Nannocardioceras, Pavloviceras, Prionodoceras, Prorsiceras, Quenstedtoceras
Subtaxa: Cardioceras (Cardioceras) Cardioceras (Cawtoniceras) Cardioceras (Maltoniceras) Cardioceras (Pachycardioceras) Cardioceras (Plasmatoceras) Cardioceras (Scarburgiceras) Cardioceras (Scoticardioceras) Cardioceras (Subvertebriceras) Cardioceras (Vertebriceras)
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (3: British Columbia collections), France (26), Germany (2), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (6), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (11), the United Kingdom (29)
Total: 81 collections including 155 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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