Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hoplitidae
Alternative spelling: Neoptychites (Hoplites)
Parent taxon: Hoplitinae according to A. Tajika et al. 2018
See also Cobban and Hook 1980, Nagy 1970, Sepkoski 2002, Stanton 1895 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Amedroites, Arrhaphoceras, Callihoplites, Dimorphoplites, Discohoplites, Epihoplites, Euhoplites, Hyphoplites, Pleurohoplites, Semenoviceras
Subtaxa: Hoplites (Hoplites) Hoplites (Isohoplites) Hoplites aguilearae Hoplites baylei Hoplites devisensis Hoplites mirabiliformis Hoplites moutonianus Hoplites obtusenodosa Hoplites paronai Hoplites pseudodeluci Hoplites symonensis Hoplites talitzianus Neoptychites (Hoplites) wohltmanni
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Cameroon (1 collection), France (14), Greenland (1), Mexico (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (14), Switzerland (2), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (8)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 48 collections including 60 occurrences
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