Kepplerites Neumayr and Uhlig 1892 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kosmoceratidae

Parent taxon: Kosmoceratidae according to W. J. Arkell et al. 1957

See also Imlay 1953 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Catasigaloceras, Epicosmoceras, Gowericeras, Gulielmiceras, Gulielmina, Gulielmites, Hoplikosmokeras, Kosmoceratinae, Lobokosmoceras, Seymourites, Sigaloceras, Spinikosmoceras, Toricellites, Zugokosmoceras

Subtaxa: Kepplerites (Kepplerites) Kepplerites enodatum Kepplerites lorinclarki

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Type: Ammonites keppleri

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Azerbaijan (1 collection), Canada (4: British Columbia), France (1), Germany (1), Madagascar (1), the Russian Federation (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Switzerland (6), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: Alaska, California)

Total: 22 collections including 25 occurrences

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