Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Morphoceratidae
Synonym: Patemorphoceras Buckman 1922
Parent taxon: Morphoceratidae according to K. Seyed-Emami et al. 2018
See also Arkell et al. 1957, Besnosov and Mitta 1993, Dietze et al. 2014, Majidifard 2015, Sepkoski 2002 and ZatoĊ 2010
Sister taxa: Asphinctites, Christolia, Dimorphinites, Ebrayiceras, Mangoldiceras, Polysphinctites, Pseudodimorphinites, Sulcohamites, Sulcohamitoides
Subtaxa: Morphoceras egrediens Morphoceras kelarizis Morphoceras macrescens Morphoceras multiforme Morphoceras parvum Morphoceras patescens Morphoceras subpatescens Morphoceras thalmanni
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (2 collections), Iran (8), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (1), Turkmenistan (5)
Total: 20 collections including 30 occurrences
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