Euomphaloceras Spath 1923 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Synonyms: Euomphaloceras (Kanabiceras) Reeside and Weymouth 1931, Kanabiceras Reeside and Weymouth 1931

Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1923. On the ammonite horizons of the Gault and contiguous deposits. Summary of Progress, Geological Survey, London (1922):139-149

Parent taxon: Euomphaloceratinae according to A. S. Gale et al. 2005

See also Barroso-Barcenilla 2004, Barroso-Barcenilla 2007, Cooper 1978, Matsumoto 1959, Renz 1982, Sepkoski 2002, Wright et al. 1996, Wright and Kennedy 1981 and Zaborski 1985

Sister taxa: Burroceras, Codazziceras, Hourcqiceras, Kamerunoceras, Lotzeites, Morrowites, Paraburroceras, Paramammites, Pseudaspidoceras, Romaniceras

Subtaxa: Euomphaloceras (Euomphaloceras) Euomphaloceras costatum Euomphaloceras euomphalum Euomphaloceras inerme Euomphaloceras merewetheri Euomphaloceras septemseriatum

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Type: Ammonites euomphalus

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (2 collections), Brazil (3), France (1), Germany (3), Nigeria (1), Spain (2), United States (33: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)

Total: 46 collections including 47 occurrences

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