Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Coilopoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Coelopoceras
Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1903. Pseudoceratites of the Cretaceous. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 44:1-351
Parent taxon: Coilopoceratidae according to G. R. Chancellor et al. 1994
See also Anderson 1958, Benavides-Caceres 1956, Cobban and Hook 1980, Hyatt 1903, Meister et al. 1992, Parnes 1964, Sepkoski 2002 and Zaborski 1985
Sister taxa: Erichsenites, Hoplitoides
Subtaxa: Coilopoceras colleti Coilopoceras discoideum Coilopoceras grossouvrei Coilopoceras hyatti Coilopoceras inflatum Coilopoceras jenksi Coilopoceras newelli Coilopoceras requienianum Coilopoceras springeri Coilopoceras zihoricum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (14 collections), Colombia (1), Egypt (11), France (3), Israel (6), Madagascar (1), Mexico (7), Niger (3), Nigeria (4), Peru (10), Tunisia (4), United States (44: California, New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 108 collections including 113 occurrences
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