Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hammatoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Hammatoceras (Erycites)
Parent taxon: Erycitinae according to M. K. Howarth 2013
See also Kovács and Géczy 2008 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Abbasites, Abbasitoides, Cagliceras
Subtaxa: Erycites (Abbasitoides) Erycites barodiscus Erycites costatus Erycites crassiventris Erycites fallifax Erycites gerecsensis Erycites intermedius Erycites labrosus Erycites reussi Erycites robustus Erycites subquadratus Erycites sutneri
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Canada (1: Yukon), Germany (1), Hungary (38), Iran (1), Italy (8), Spain (16), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Alaska)
Total: 69 collections including 94 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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