Leopoldia Mayer-Eymar 1887 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Synonyms: Hoplitides Koenen 1902 [objective synonym], Leopoldia (Hoplitides) Koenen 1902 [objective synonym], Solgeria Uhlig 1905 [objective synonym]

Parent taxon: Endemoceratinae according to J. Klein 2005

See also Reboulet 1996 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cruasiceras, Favrella, Hannaites, Karakaschiceras, Lyticoceras, Pseudofavrella, Suboosterella

Subtaxa: Leopoldia bakeri Leopoldia crassicostata Leopoldia leopoldinus Leopoldia truncata

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Type: Ammonites leopoldinus

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Chile (1 collection), France (14), Georgia (1), Italy (2), Mexico (3), Poland (2), Portugal (1)

Total: 24 collections including 27 occurrences

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