Crioceratites Leveillé 1837 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Crioceratitidae

Synonyms: Crioceras d'Orbigny 1842, Crioceratites (Crioceras) d'Orbigny 1842, Toxoceras D'Orbigny 1842

Parent taxon: Crioceratitidae according to D. Bert et al. 2021

See also Avram and Gradinaru 1993, Förster 1975, Imlay 1960, Kakabadze and Hoedemaeker 1997, Klein et al. 2007, Klinger and Kennedy 1992, Reboulet 1996, Sepkoski 2002, Stanton 1895, Vasicek 2006 and Wright et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Acantholytoceras, Aspinoceras, Australopseudothurmannia, Balearites, Binelliceras, Diamanticeras, Epanisoceras, Menuthiocrioceras, Paracostidiscus, Paraemericiceras, Pseudothurmannia, Sornayites, Spathicrioceras, Spinocrioceras, Subaspinoceras, Theodorites, Vutacuracrioceras

Subtaxa: Crioceras (Acanthodiscus) Crioceras dilatatum Crioceras munieri Crioceras obliquatum Crioceras picteti Crioceratites (Crioceratites) Crioceratites (Emericiceras) Crioceratites andersoni Crioceratites barrabei Crioceratites bituberculatus Crioceratites claveli Crioceratites coniferus Crioceratites duvalii Crioceratites emerici Crioceratites heterocostatus Crioceratites jurensis Crioceratites krenkeli Crioceratites latus Crioceratites leivaensis Crioceratites loryi Crioceratites panescorsii Crioceratites portarum Crioceratites primitivus Crioceratites tehamaensis Crioceratites tener Crioceratites yollabollium Toxoceras blandi Toxoceras cornucapri Toxoceras stentor

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Argentina (3), Austria (1), Canada (4: Northwest Territories, Yukon), Chile (48), Colombia (4), the Czech Republic (3), Egypt (5), France (97), Georgia (1), Germany (2), Hungary (13), Italy (17), Japan (1), Mexico (3), Morocco (13), Mozambique (1), Portugal (3), Romania (1), Slovakia (10), South Africa (6), Spain (39), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Switzerland (1), Tunisia (1), United States (12: California, Oregon), Yemen (1)

• Jurassic of United States (2: California)

Total: 295 collections including 402 occurrences

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