Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Echioceratidae
Alternative spelling: Echiocheras
Invalid subtaxa: Ophioceras Hyatt 1867 [replaced name], Pleurechioceras Trueman and Williams 1925
Parent taxon: Echioceratidae according to M. K. Howarth 2013
See also Blau 1998, Blau et al. 2000, Bremer 1965, Lukeneder and Lukeneder 2018, Meister and Friebe 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Gagaticeras, Leptechioceras, Orthechioceras, Palaeoechioceras, Paltechioceras, Plesechioceras
Subtaxa: Echioceras carusense Echioceras delicatum Echioceras intermedium Echioceras microdiscus Echioceras natrix Echioceras quenstedti Echioceras raricostatoides Echioceras raricostatum Pleurechioceras deciduum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Austria (12 collections), Canada (7: Northwest Territories, Yukon), Germany (2), Hong Kong (1), Romania (1), Turkey (2), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 34 collections including 43 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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