Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Synonyms: Elegantuliceras Buckman 1913, Leptarpites Repin 1970, Ochotoceras
Parent taxon: Harpoceratinae according to M. Benzaggagh et al. 2022
See also Howarth 2013 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Canavaria, Cleviceras, Harpoceras, Maconiceras, Neolioceratoides, Osperleioceras, Ovaticeras, Polyplectus, Praepolyplectus, Pseudolioceras, Sphenarpites, Taffertia, Tiltoniceras
Subtaxa: Eleganticeras elegans Eleganticeras elegantulum Eleganticeras exaratum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Algeria (1 collection), Bulgaria (2), Canada (60: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (2), France (10), Germany (10), Morocco (6), Spain (30), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (31), United States (3: Alaska, Nevada)
Total: 156 collections including 185 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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