†Metaptychoceras (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hamitidae
Parent taxon: Hamitidae according to W. J. Kennedy and W. A. Cobban 1990
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wright 1979
Sister taxa: Hamitella, Hamites, Helicohamites, Hemiptychoceras, Lytohamites, Pictetia, Planohamites, Puebloites, Scaphamites, Stomohamites, Torneutoceras
Subtaxa: Metaptychoceras smithi
Type: Ptychoceras smithi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (4 collections), United States (3: Arizona, Wyoming)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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