Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Alternative spellings: Hoplites (Kilianella), Thurmannia (Kilianella)
Synonym: Parakilianella Sato 1961
Parent taxon: Neocomitinae according to J. Klein 2005
See also Barragán and Szives 2007, Imlay 1960, Imlay and Jones 1970, Reboulet 1996 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthodiscus, Argentiniceras, Belbekiceras, Breistrofferella, Busnardoites, Calliptychoceras, Criosarasinella, Cuyaniceras, Dicostella, Distoloceras, Eleniceras, Frenguelliceras, Fuhriella, Hoplitocrioceras, Limaites, Lissonia, Luppovella, Neocomites, Neohoploceras, Odontodiscoceras, Parrasites, Paskentites, Protothurmannia, Pseudacanthodiscus, Raimondiceras, Rodighieroites, Sabbaiceras, Sarasinella, Saynella, Subalpinites, Subthurmannia, Thurmanniceras, Wichmanniceras
Subtaxa: Kilianella besairiei Kilianella crassiplicata Kilianella lucensis Kilianella roubaudiana
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Cape Verde (1 collection), Chile (3), China (1), the Czech Republic (3), France (14), Georgia (1), Hungary (2), India (3), Italy (7), Mexico (4), Morocco (8), Romania (1), Spain (35), Ukraine (3), United States (8: California, Oregon)
Total: 94 collections including 109 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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