Glyptoxoceras Spath 1925 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Synonym: Neohamites Brunnschweiler 1966

Parent taxon: Diplomoceratinae according to B. Niebuhr et al. 2016

See also Atabekyan and Khakimov 1976, Brunnschweiler 1966, Cobban and Kennedy 1992, Henderson 1970, Henderson et al. 1992, Kennedy 1986, Kennedy 1993, Kennedy 1995, Kennedy 1995, Kennedy and Cobban 1993, Kennedy et al. 1997, Kennedy et al. 1997, Kennedy et al. 1992, Kennedy and Kaplan 1995, Kennedy et al. 2001, Matsumoto 1959, Sepkoski 2002, Szives 2007 and Ward and Kennedy 1993

Sister taxa: Chesapeakiceras, Diplomoceras, Lewyites, Neancyloceras, Neocrioceras, Neoglyptoxoceras, Scalarites

Subtaxa: Glyptoxoceras aquisgranense Glyptoxoceras brasiliense Glyptoxoceras circulare Glyptoxoceras crispatum Glyptoxoceras ellisoni Glyptoxoceras indicum Glyptoxoceras largesulcatum Glyptoxoceras nipponicum Glyptoxoceras parahybense Glyptoxoceras retrorsum Glyptoxoceras rugatum Glyptoxoceras souqueti Glyptoxoceras subcompressum Glyptoxoceras tenuisulcatum Glyptoxoceras texanum Glyptoxoceras wakanenei

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (6 collections), Austria (2), Belgium (2), Brazil (2), Canada (3: British Columbia), Colombia (2), Denmark (1), France (19), Germany (3), India (1), Iran (1), Madagascar (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (2), South Africa (2), Spain (1), Tajikistan (2), Ukraine (1), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (24: Alabama, California, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, Texas), Venezuela (1)

Total: 78 collections including 96 occurrences

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