†Colchidites (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae
Parent taxon: Ancyloceratidae according to M. V. Kakabadze and P. J. Hoedemaeker 1997
See also Aguirre-Urreta and Klinger 1986 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ammonitoceras, Ancyloceratinae, Anisoceratinae, Audouliceras, Australiceras, Koeneniceras, Leptoceratinae, Lithancylus, Paracrioceras, Pedioceras, Proaustraliceras, Pseudoaustraliceras, Pseudocrioceras, Shastoceras, Tonoceras, Volgoceratoides, Xerticeras
Subtaxa: Colchidites breistrofferi Colchidites vulanensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections), Colombia (5), Georgia (1), South Africa (4)
Total: 12 collections including 14 occurrences
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