Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Asteroceratidae
Full reference: L.F. Spath. 1924. The ammonites of the Blue Lias. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 35:186-211, 18 Pl
Parent taxon: Asteroceratidae according to M. Edmunds et al. 2016
See also Blau 1998, Corna and Dommergues 1995, Geczy and Meister 2007, Howarth 2013, Meister and Friebe 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Spath 1924
Sister taxa: Aegasteroceras, Arctoasteroceras, Asteroceras, Bagnolites, Caenisites, Eparietites, Epophioceroides, Euerbenites, Parasteroceras, Protechioceras, Ptycharietites, Tmaegophioceras
Subtaxa: Epophioceras bochardi Epophioceras carinatum Epophioceras cognitum Epophioceras landrioti Epophioceras longicella Epophioceras rectocostatum Epophioceras veszpremensis
Type: Ammonites landrioti
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (4 collections), Austria (1), Canada (8: British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (2), France (2), Germany (1), Hungary (2), Italy (1), Mexico (4), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (9: Nevada)
Total: 37 collections including 42 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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