Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Parent taxon: Placenticeratidae according to P. Courville and G. S. Odin 2001
See also Atabekyan and Khakimov 1976, Kennedy et al. 1992, Kennedy et al. 1973, Kennedy and Summesberger 1999, Klinger and Kennedy 1989, Matsumoto 1984 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Baghiceratinae, Gissarites, Hengestites, Karamaites, Metaplacenticeras, Placenticeras, Proplacenticeras, Rapidoplacenticeratinae, Stantonoceras
Subtaxa: Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) Hoplitoplacenticeras (Lemfoerdiceras) Hoplitoplacenticeras costulosum Hoplitoplacenticeras dolbergense Hoplitoplacenticeras fugen Hoplitoplacenticeras monju Hoplitoplacenticeras plasticum Hoplitoplacenticeras rarecostatum Hoplitoplacenticeras rejaudryi Hoplitoplacenticeras vari
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Antarctica (2), Argentina (2), Austria (2), Chile (1), France (19), Germany (5), Japan (1), the Netherlands (3), Portugal (1), South Africa (4), Tajikistan (4), Turkmenistan (2), United States (3: Texas, Washington), Uzbekistan (1)
Total: 51 collections including 66 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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