Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Macrocephalitidae
Alternative spelling: Ammonites (Macrocephalites)
Full reference: K. A. v. Zittel. 1884. Handbuch der Palaeontologie. I. Abteilung Paleozoologie. II. Band. Mollusca und Arthropoda (Cephalopoda). 329-522
Parent taxon: Macrocephalitidae according to W. J. Arkell et al. 1957
See also Frebold 1964 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Dolikephalites, Eucycloceras, Idiocycloceras, Indocephalites, Kamptokephalites, Nothocephalites, Pleurocephalites, Subkossmatia
Subtaxa: Ammonites (Macrocephalites) ishmae Macrocephalites cadoceroides Macrocephalites jacquoti Macrocephalites macrocephalus Macrocephalites tuguriensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Chile (4 collections), China (2), France (13), Germany (9), India (3), Madagascar (29), Mexico (2), New Zealand (1), Poland (2), Spain (6), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Switzerland (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 75 collections including 104 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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