Hectoroceras Spath 1947 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Craspeditidae

Synonyms: Hectoroceras (Shulginites) Casey 1973, Shulginites Casey 1973

Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1947. Additional observations on the invertebrates (chiefly ammonites) of the Jurassic and Cretaceous of East Greenland. Meddeleser om Grønland 132(3):1-69

Parent taxon: Craspeditidae according to O. S. Dzyuba et al. 2018

See also Mitta 2019, Sepkoski 2002, Spath 1947 and Wright et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Craspedites, Garniericeratinae, Platylenticeras, Praetollia, Subcraspedites, Tolliinae

Subtaxa: Hectoroceras kochi

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Type: Hectoroceras kochi

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Greenland (13 collections), the Russian Federation (20)

Total: 33 collections including 40 occurrences

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