Holcodiscus Uhlig 1882 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Holcodiscidae

Parent taxon: Holcodiscidae according to J. Klein 2005

See also Haas 1960 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Almohadites, Astieridiscus, Gymnoplites, Jeanthieuloyites, Jeanthieuolyites, Metahoplites, Parasaynoceras, Pseudovaldedorsella, Spitidiscinae, Taveraidiscus

Subtaxa: Holcodiscus caillaudianus Holcodiscus camelinus Holcodiscus caseyi Holcodiscus geronimae Holcodiscus hauthali Holcodiscus menglonensis Holcodiscus metamorphicus Holcodiscus sophonisba Holcodiscus tenuistriatus

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Type: Ammonites caillaudianus

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), Austria (3), Bulgaria (1), Chile (1), Colombia (1), France (5), Georgia (1), Italy (1), Morocco (8), Slovakia (2), Spain (38)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Spain (1)

Total: 63 collections including 91 occurrences

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