Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Heteroceratidae
Synonyms: Atopoceras Kilian 1889, Lindigia Karsten 1858
Parent taxon: Heteroceratidae according to C. Frau et al. 2016
See also Aguirre-Urreta and Klinger 1986, King 1993, Klein et al. 2007, Murphy 1975 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Barguesiella, Calanquites, Giovaraites, Hemibaculites, Heteroceratinae, Lazariniceras, Martelites, Uhligia
Subtaxa: Heteroceras (Argvethites) Heteroceras (Heteroceras) Heteroceras astierianum Heteroceras baylei Heteroceras denizoti Heteroceras helicoceroides Heteroceras jeletzkyi Heteroceras veratiae Lindigia nodosum
Type: Lindigia helicoceroides
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections), Colombia (1), Czechia (1), France (6), Georgia (1), Iran (12), Italy (1), Japan (2), Madagascar (2), Serbia (1), South Africa (1), Spain (17), Türkiye (1), United States (2: Kansas, Wyoming)
Total: 50 collections including 63 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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