Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Himalayitidae
Parent taxon: Himalayitinae according to C. Frau et al. 2016
See also Bulot et al. 2014, Myczynski 1989, Salazar and Stinnesbeck 2016, Sepkoski 2002, Vašíček and Skupien 2016 and Verma and Westermann 1973
Sister taxa: Boughdiriella, Dickersonia, Lopeziceras, Mazenoticeras, Pratumidiscus, Protacanthodiscus
Subtaxa: Micracanthoceras acanthellum Micracanthoceras alamense Micracanthoceras microcanthum Micracanthoceras spinulosum
Type: Ammonites microcanthus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), Chile (6), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of Algeria (2), Argentina (1), Chile (2), Cuba (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (18), India (1), Italy (1), Mexico (2), Peru (8), the Russian Federation (1), Yemen (1)
Total: 47 collections including 52 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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