Leptaleoceras Buckman 1918 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Parent taxon: Arieticeratinae according to M. K. Howarth 2013

See also Frebold 1970, Géczy and Meister 1998, Hillebrandt 2006, Howarth 1955, Sepkoski 2002, Smith and Tipper 1996 and Thomson and Smith 1992

Sister taxa: Arctomercaticeras, Arieticeras, Emaciaticeras, Fontanelliceras, Mauretaniaceras, Tauromeniceras

Subtaxa: Leptaleoceras accuratum Leptaleoceras compressum Leptaleoceras insigne Leptaleoceras leptum Leptaleoceras primoglabrum Leptaleoceras pseudoradians Leptaleoceras ugdulenai

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Type: Leptaleoceras leptum

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Austria (2 collections), Canada (59: British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (15), Hungary (8), Morocco (5), Tunisia (2), United States (4: Alaska, Nevada)

Total: 95 collections including 104 occurrences

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