†Gastroplites (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hoplitidae

Parent taxon: Gastroplitinae according to C. W. Wright et al. 1996

See also Nagy 1970, Sepkoski 2002 and Wright 1952

Sister taxa: Alopecoceras, Anagastroplites, Neogastroplites, Paragastroplites, Pseudogastroplites, Pseudopulchellia, Sokolovites, Stelckiceras, Stotticeras

Subtaxa: Gastroplites canadensis Gastroplites subquadratus

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (20: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut collections), the Netherlands Antilles (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), United States (1: California)

Total: 25 collections including 49 occurrences

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