Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
Alternative spelling: Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras)
Full reference: R. Casey. 1954. New genera and subgenera of Lower Cretaceous ammonites. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 44:106-115
Parent taxon: Cheloniceratinae according to J. Lehmann and M. F. Aly 2024
See also Casey 1954, El Qot 2018, Lehmann et al. 2020, Matsukawa 2021, Ovando-Figueroa et al. 2018, Sepkoski 2002 and Szives 2007
Sister taxa: Cheloniceras, Procheloniceras
Subtaxa: Epicheloniceras claudii Epicheloniceras orientale Epicheloniceras quadrituberculatum Epicheloniceras sinuosum Epicheloniceras subnodosocostatum Epicheloniceras tschernyschewi
Type: Douvilleiceras tschernyschewi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Azerbaijan (1 collection), Brazil (1), Colombia (1), Egypt (4), France (3), Georgia (1), Germany (1), Japan (3), Madagascar (2), Mexico (17), Morocco (1), Mozambique (2), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 44 collections including 56 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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