Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Synonym: Hectioceras [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Hecticoceratinae according to H. Parent 2006
See also Arkell et al. 1957, Cantu-Chapa 1962, Novack-Gottshall 2025 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ankobites, Brightia, Eochetoceras, Hecticoceratoides, Kheraites, Lunuloceras, Orbignyceras, Pseudobrightia, Pseudocampylites, Putealiceras, Rossiensiceras
Subtaxa: Hecticoceras (Chanasia) Hecticoceras (Jeanneticeras) Hecticoceras (Sublunuloceras) Hecticoceras hecticus Hecticoceras lairense
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (10 collections), Chile (1), France (19), Germany (15), India (6), Iran (1), Madagascar (20), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (1), Switzerland (10), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 90 collections including 142 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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