Dumortieria (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Alternative spelling: Harpoceras (Dumortieria)

Synonyms: Paradumortieria Elmi and Caloo-Fortier 1985, Phenakoceras Maubeuge 1949, Phenakocerites Maubeuge 1950 [objective synonym]

Parent taxon: Grammoceratinae according to M. K. Howarth 2013

See also Arthur et al. 1993, Howarth 1955, Pallini et al. 2004 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Catulloceras, Grammoceras, Hudlestonia, Phlyseogrammoceras, Physeogrammoceras, Pleydellia, Podagrosites, Pseudogrammoceras, Pseudolillia, Shakraceras, Troitsaia, Yakounia

Subtaxa: Dumortieria brancoi Dumortieria costula Dumortieria gundershofensis Dumortieria insignisimilis Dumortieria kochi Dumortieria latumbilicata Dumortieria levesquei Dumortieria meneghinii Dumortieria moorei Dumortieria prisca Dumortieria pseudoradiosa Dumortieria radians Dumortieria radiosa Dumortieria rustica Dumortieria sparsicosta Dumortieria striatulocostata Dumortieria tabulata Paradumortieria elmii

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Type: Ammonites levesquei

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Bulgaria (7 collections), Canada (7: British Columbia), Chile (2), France (25), Germany (33), Hungary (28), Iran (1), Italy (1), Spain (53), Tunisia (1)

Total: 158 collections including 279 occurrences

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