Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Parent taxon: Puzosiinae according to O. Szives 2007
See also Förster and Weier 1983, Landra et al. 2000, Renz 1982 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Abrytusites, Callizoniceras, Feruglioceras, Grandidiericeras, Jimboiceras, Kennicottia, Kitchinites, Lytodiscoides, Mesopuzosia, Oiophyllites, Pachydesmoceras, Parapuzosia, Pseudohaploceras, Pseudosilesites, Puzosia, Umsinenoceras, Valdedorsella
Subtaxa: Melchiorites cassidoides Melchiorites emerici Melchiorites haugi Melchiorites indigenes Melchiorites melchioris Melchiorites shastensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (7 collections), Hungary (3), Italy (5), Japan (1), Madagascar (2), Morocco (21), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (4), Spain (2), Tanzania (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (13: California), Venezuela (1)
Total: 63 collections including 70 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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