Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Himalayitidae
Alternative spellings: Himalayites (Corongoceras), Micracanthoceras (Corongoceras)
Parent taxon: Himalayitidae according to C. Salazar and W. Stinnesbeck 2016
See also Bulot et al. 2014, Garrido et al. 2018, Helmstaedt 1969, Myczynski 1989, Sepkoski 2002 and Verma and Westermann 1973
Sister taxa: Ardesciella, Aulacosphinctes, Dalmasiceratinae, Djurjuriceras, Durangites, Hegaratites, Hemispiticeras, Himalayites, Himalayitinae, Parodontoceras, Parrasiella, Riasanella, Tithopeltoceras, Toucasiella, Windhauseniceras
Subtaxa: Corongoceras alternans Corongoceras cordobai Corongoceras duraznense Corongoceras evolutum Corongoceras filicostatum Corongoceras lotenoense Corongoceras mendozanum Corongoceras submendozanum
Type: Corongoceras lotenoense
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Chile (3 collections), Italy (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Chile (3), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of Algeria (2), Argentina (13), Chile (6), Colombia (2), Cuba (2), Italy (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (9), Nepal (1), Peru (1)
Total: 47 collections including 62 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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