Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Synonyms: Cingolites Sassaroli and Venturi 2010, Harpohildoceras, Hildoceratoides , Murleyiceras Buckman 1921, Neotaffertia Venturi and Ferri 2001, Petranoceras Venturi 1995, Praemercaticeras Venturi 1981
Parent taxon: Hildoceratinae according to M. Benzaggagh et al. 2022
See also Arkell 1952, Howarth 2013 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Atacamiceras, Hildaitoides, Hildoceras, Mercaticeras, Orthildaites, Parahildaites
Subtaxa: Cingolites picenus Cingolites stefaninii Hildaites (Hildaites) Hildaites (Martanites) Hildaites bisulcatus Hildaites calamantis Hildaites chatryi Hildaites clavatus Hildaites crassus Hildaites evolutus Hildaites exilis Hildaites forte Hildaites levisoni Hildaites murleyi Hildaites pionneaui Hildaites planiventris Hildaites pseudolevisoni Hildaites sanderi Hildaites serpentiniformis Hildaites spiralis Hildaites striatus Hildaites subserpentinum Hildaites subserpentinus Hildaites wrighti
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (1 collection), Bulgaria (2), Canada (40: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (3), France (15), Germany (3), Hungary (29), Italy (31), Morocco (8), Saudi Arabia (5), Somalia (3), Spain (50), Tunisia (2), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (3: Alaska, Nevada)
Total: 202 collections including 317 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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